# Disabling catalog-level column statistics generation
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 You can disable automatic column statistics generation for new tables using the AWS Lake Formation console, the `glue:UpdateCatalogSettings` API, or the `glue:DeleteColumnStatisticsTaskSettings` API. 

**To disable the automatic column statistics generation at the account-level**

1. Open the Lake Formation console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/lakeformation/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/lakeformation/).

1. On the left navigation bar, choose **Catalogs**.

1. On the **Catalog summary** page, choose **Edit** under **Optimization configuration**. 

1. On the **Table optimization configuration** page, unselect the **Enable automatic statistics generation for the tables of the catalog** option.

1. Choose **Submit**.