## Disabling a Watchpoint

Disable a watchpoint to prevent it from affecting program execution. The disabled watchpoint remains at the memory location at which you set it, so that you can enable it later.

Figure 1. Disabled watchpoint example in Breakpoints view

#### Disabling Watchpoints

- Click the checkbox next to the watchpoint in the Breakpoints view list

An empty checkbox () next to the watchpoint indicates the watchpoint is disabled.

##### Related concepts

- Watchpoints
- Breakpoints

##### Related tasks

- Setting Watchpoints
- Enabling Watchpoints
- Disabling Watchpoints
- Clearing Watchpoints

##### Related references

- Breakpoints view