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title: Disable Content Scanning for a zone.
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# Disable Content Scanning for a zone.

client.contentScanning.disable(ContentScanningDisableParams {zone\_id } params, RequestOptionsoptions?): [ContentScanningDisableResponse](<https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/typescript/resources/content_scanning#(resource)%20content_scanning%20%3E%20(model)%20content_scanning_disable_response%20%3E%20(schema)>)

POST/zones/{zone\_id}/content-upload-scan/disable

Disable Content Scanning for a zone. The `cf.waf.content_scan.*` fields are no longer populated, so rules that reference them stop matching.

##### Security

<details>

<summary>API Token</summary>



The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. <a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/">Create a token</a>.

**Example:**<code>Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY</code>

</details>

<details>

<summary>API Email + API Key</summary>



The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

**Example:**<code>X-Auth-Email: user@example.com</code>

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

**Example:**<code>X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194</code>

</details>

##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

`Zone WAF Write``Account WAF Write`

##### ParametersExpand Collapse

<details>

<summary>

params: ContentScanningDisableParams {zone\_id }

</summary>

zone\_id: string

Defines an identifier.

maxLength32

<a href="#(resource)%20content_scanning%20%3E%20(method)%20disable%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20zone_id">Link to this property</a>

</details>

[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20content_scanning%20%3E%20(method)%20disable%20%3E%20(params)%20default>)

##### ReturnsExpand Collapse

ContentScanningDisableResponse = unknown

[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20content_scanning%20%3E%20(model)%20content_scanning_disable_response%20%3E%20(schema)>)

### Disable Content Scanning for a zone.

TypeScript

HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform

```
import Cloudflare from 'cloudflare';

const client = new Cloudflare({
  apiToken: process.env['CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});

const response = await client.contentScanning.disable({
  zone_id: '023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353',
});

console.log(response);
```

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "result": {},
  "success": true
}
```

##### Returns Examples

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "result": {},
  "success": true
}
```