---
title: "Disable a ModSecurity rule for your domain"
url: "https://inleed.com/helpcenter/disable-modsecurity-rule"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-11-06"
category: "Web hosting"
type: "guide"
---

# Disable a ModSecurity rule for your domain

The Web Application Firewall (ModSecurity) stops suspicious requests to your website. If it stops something that should work, you can exclude a rule or turn it off for the domain.

## Faster: let an AI app do it

If you’ve connected Inleed to an AI app, just write what you want done, for example:

> Disable the ModSecurity rule that blocks the form on example.se

The app finds the rule and prepares the change. You approve it in the client area.

[How to connect an AI app](https://inleed.com/helpcenter/connect-ai-app)

## How to disable it

1. Log in to [DirectAdmin](https://inleed.com/helpcenter/log-in-to-directadmin) and open **Web Application Firewall** under **Advanced Features**.

2. Click **⋯** on the domain’s row and choose **Modify**.

### A. Exclude one rule

You know which rule is blocking. The rule ID is in the **Audit log** on the same page.

3. Enter the rule ID in the **Rule ID** field, for example `1234` or a range like `1234-1239`.

4. Click **Add exclusion**.

5. Click **Save Configuration**.

### B. Turn it off for the domain

You want to troubleshoot, or can’t find the rule.

**Important:** Without the firewall your website is more exposed to attacks. It’s better to exclude only the rule that gets in the way, and turn the protection back on when you’ve finished troubleshooting.

3. Choose **Disabled**.

4. Click **Save Configuration**.

## How to know it worked

The rule, or the whole firewall, no longer stops requests to the domain.

**Waiting time:** It can take a few minutes before the change takes effect.

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