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# How to temporary hide the chatbox with the vacation mode

__This article explains how to temporarily hide the Crisp chatbox from your website.__

Vacation mode is useful when your team needs to pause live chat for a short period, such as holidays, maintenance, or temporary staffing changes. Once enabled, the chatbox is hidden everywhere it is installed until you turn the option off again.

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# Enable vacation mode

Vacation mode hides the chatbox across your website in one click.

__To temporarily hide the chatbox:__

1. Go to [**Crisp**](https://app.crisp.chat)
2. Open ****Settings → Chatbox Settings → Chatbox Restrictions****
3. Enable ****Place support in vacation mode (hide chatbox)****
4. Let Crisp auto-save the change

![Enable vacation mode from chatbox restrictions](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/d/e/8/5/de85021d971e5800/236fbb36-b02e-4042-8037-f326f0_aghp88.png)

||| Remember to disable ****Place support in vacation mode (hide chatbox)**** when your team is ready to receive new conversations again.

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# Need to hide it only on some pages?

Vacation mode hides the chatbox everywhere. If you only need to hide it on a few URLs, use [blocked pages](/en/article/how-to-hide-the-chatbox-on-some-pages-yzs8rk/) instead.

For frontend-specific rules, you can also use the [Crisp Web Chat SDK guide for hiding and showing the chatbox](/en/article/how-can-i-hide-and-show-the-chatbox-13l0f8e/).