# Turn off external diagram rendering

To turn off external diagram rendering, open Global settings, go to Diagrams, then the General tab, and turn off External diagram rendering. Reload open pages to pick it up.

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## Before you start

* You need to be a Confluence administrator.
* Check whether your site uses actdiag, blockdiag, bytefield, D2, Ditaa, Erd, Nomnoml, nwdiag, packetdiag, Pikchr, rackdiag, seqdiag, Structurizr, Svgbob, Symbolator, TikZ, UMLet, WaveDrom and WireViz. Those types stop drawing live.

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## Steps

1. Open Global settings.
2. Go to Diagrams, then the General tab.
3. Turn off External diagram rendering.
4. Reload any open pages. The app confirms: "Diagrams now render in the browser. Reload open pages to pick it up."

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## A few things worth knowing

* To turn it back on, use the same switch: "External diagram rendering is on. Reload open pages to pick it up."
* In Markdown or Formatting, the switch is Use enhanced diagram rendering, on the Diagram rendering tab.
* Existing diagrams of the affected types keep showing their last saved image.

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## Related

### [External diagram rendering](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/external-diagram-rendering.html)

What it does.

### [Diagrams administration](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/diagrams-administration.html)

Other admin tasks.

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_Off, and the source stays home._