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title: "How to disable user registration in Joomla 2.5"
description: "Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. If your Joomla 2.5..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/joomla/joomla-2-5/disable-user-registration/
date: 2012-02-29
modified: 2021-11-19
author: "Brad Markle"
categories: ["Joomla", "Joomla 2.5"]
tags: ["Joomla v2.5"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to disable user registration in Joomla 2.5

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life [here](https://docs.joomla.org/Joomla!_CMS_versions).

If your Joomla 2.5 website is not community driven, for example you don’t have a forum or you don’t allow comments on articles, then there is not a need to allow users to register and sign up for accounts. In this article we’ll walk you through the steps of disabling new user registration in Joomla 2.5.

**To disable new user registration in Joomla 2.5:**

1. [Log into your Joomla Dashboard](/support/edu/joomla/joomla-3/how-to-log-in-to-administrative-dashboard/)
2. Click the** User Manager** icon[![click-user-manager](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/edu_joomla25_disable-user-registration_click-user-manager.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/edu_joomla25_disable-user-registration_click-user-manager.gif)
3. Click the **Options** icon in the top right[![click-options](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/edu_joomla25_disable-user-registration_click-options.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/edu_joomla25_disable-user-registration_click-options.gif)
4. Under the **Component** tab, set **Allow User Registration** to **No** and then click **Save & Close[![set-allow-user-registration-to-no](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/edu_joomla25_disable-user-registration_set-allow-user-registration-to-no.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/edu_joomla25_disable-user-registration_set-allow-user-registration-to-no.gif) **
5. You have now disabled user registration! Your Joomla 2.5 website will no longer have the new user registration option. Before After [![before-user-registration-disabled](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/edu_joomla25_disable-user-registration_before-user-registration-disabled.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/edu_joomla25_disable-user-registration_before-user-registration-disabled.gif) [![after-user-registration-disabled](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/edu_joomla25_disable-user-registration_after-user-registration-disabled.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/edu_joomla25_disable-user-registration_after-user-registration-disabled.gif)