question Re: how to disable the download button in hue interface? in Support Questions

how to disable the download button in hue interface?

Mondi — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:29:25 GMT

how to disable the download button in hue interface? I've tried to edit the hue.ini but it is not taking effect.

Re: how to disable the download button in hue interface?

paras — Tue, 26 May 2020 11:58:32 GMT

You can set the below Hue configuration in CM

Hue Service → Configuration → Service-Wide → Advanced → Hue Service Advanced Configuration Snippet (Safety Valve) for hue_safety_valve.ini and add the following:

[desktop]
enable_download=false

And then restart Hue.

Re: how to disable the download button in hue interface?

Mondi — Wed, 27 May 2020 02:05:55 GMT

hi @paras thanks for this. big help! also just want to have a follow up question, can I disable the download button for specific user or groups only?

Re: how to disable the download button in hue interface?

paras — Wed, 27 May 2020 04:08:36 GMT

@Mondi

You cannot disable the download option in Hue per user. A more plausible way to not allow any specific path download would be to simply deny the user permission to read or write to the HDFS directory itself.

Re: how to disable the download button in hue interface?

Mondi — Wed, 27 May 2020 04:39:23 GMT

Okay @paras this is noted. thanks for help!