# Any way to disable or shadow builtin apps (bc\_desktop)?

**URL:** <https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/any-way-to-disable-or-shadow-builtin-apps-bc-desktop/311>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [April 19, 2019, 10:10pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/any-way-to-disable-or-shadow-builtin-apps-bc-desktop/311 "2019-04-19T22:10:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 1:44pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/any-way-to-disable-or-shadow-builtin-apps-bc-desktop/311/7 "2020-09-30T13:44:58Z")

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Yea in 1.8 the logic for invalid batch connect apps changed a bit to make it more lenient.

I think the strategy you’d want to employ now is to change the permissions of `/var/www/ood/apps/sys/bc_desktop` so that it’s not readable by regular users. Then it won’t show up.

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