---
title: "Enable contact processing"
slug: "enable-contact-processing"
abstract: "How to enable contact processing."
---
# Enable contact processing

Contact processing is disabled by default. To enable contact processing, perform these steps on all xConnect Collection and xConnect search servers:

1. Go to the `C:\path\toxconnect\App_data\config\sitecore\Collection` folder.
2. Open the `sc.XConnect.Service.Plugins.Processing.xml` file.
3. Uncomment the following section:

    ```xml
    <!– ContactProcessingPlugin is disabled by default. Please uncomment this
    section in order to execute contacts pipeline for each new contact.

    <Service.Plugins.Processing.ContactProcessingPlugin>
        <Type>Sitecore.XConnect.Service.Plugins.Processing.ContactProcessingPlugin,
            Sitecore.XConnect.Service.Plugins.Processing</Type>
        <As>Sitecore.XConnect.Service.Plugins.IXConnectServicePlugin,
            Sitecore.XConnect.Service.Plugins</As>
        <LifeTime>Singleton</LifeTime>
    </Service.Plugins.Processing.ContactProcessingPlugin>
    –>
    ```