---
title: "Disable link validation"
slug: "disable-link-validation"
abstract: "How to disable all Sitecore link validation by disabling a pipeline processor."
---
# Disable link validation

Sitecore can validate links at different times, for example, when you save an item or when you execute the **Validate** action. Sitecore validates links by default when you save an item. If you do not want to validate links when you save an item, you can disable the validation.

To disable link validation:

- Patch the `Sitecore.config` file to change the mode setting of the following processor node: `<processor mode="on" type="Sitecore.Pipelines.Save.CheckLinks, Sitecore.Kernel"/>` to `<processor mode="off" type="Sitecore.Pipelines.Save.CheckLinks, Sitecore.Kernel"/>`.

> [!note]
> This disables link validation for all items that Sitecore saves. You can still validate links in individual items using the Validate action.