# Enable or disable a workgroup
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If you have permissions to do so, you can enable or disable workgroups in the console, by using the API operations, or with the JDBC and ODBC drivers.

**To enable or disable a workgroup**

1. In the Athena console navigation pane, choose **Workgroups**.

1. On the **Workgroups** page, choose the link for the workgroup. 

1. On the upper right, choose **Enable workgroup** or **Disable workgroup**.

1. At the confirmation prompt, choose **Enable** or **Disable**. If you disable a workgroup, its users cannot run queries in it, or create new named queries. If you enable a workgroup, users can use it to run queries.