# Change termination protection with the CloudTrail console
Change termination protection

Termination protection prevents a dashboard from accidental deletion. If you want to delete a custom dashboard, or disable the Highlights dashboard, you must disable termination protection.

**To turn off termination protection**

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the CloudTrail console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/).

1. In the navigation pane, under **Lake**, choose **Dashboard**.

1. Choose the dashboard you want to disable termination protection for.

1. From **Actions**, choose **Change termination protection**.

1. Choose **Disabled**.

1. Choose **Save**.

**To turn on termination protection**

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the CloudTrail console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/).

1. In the navigation pane, under **Lake**, choose **Dashboard**.

1. Choose the dashboard you want to enable termination protection for.

1. From **Actions**, choose **Change termination protection**.

1. To turn on termination protection, choose **Enabled**.

1. Choose **Save**.