# Disabling Protection

#### Scenarios

If you want to disable protection for all resources in a specified protection group, you can perform steps provided in this section.

Once the protection is disabled, data synchronization for all protected instances in the protection group will stop.

#### Prerequisites

- The protection group has replication pairs.

- The protection group is in the Protecting or Disabling protection failed state.

#### Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click Service List and choose Storage > Storage Disaster Recovery Service.

   The Storage Disaster Recovery Service page is displayed.

3. In the pane of the desired protection group, click Protected Instances.

   The operation page for the protection group is displayed.

4. In the upper right corner of the page, click Disable Protection.
5. In the displayed dialog box, click Yes.

   Once the protection is disabled, data synchronization between the production site and DR site for all protected instances in the protection group will stop.

Parent topic: Managing Protection Groups