# How to give DEV-Tools access to a single group of users in Kibana?

**URL:** <https://forum.opensearch.org/t/how-to-give-dev-tools-access-to-a-single-group-of-users-in-kibana/3717>\
**Category:** Open Source Elasticsearch and Kibana\
**Created:** [September 9, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/how-to-give-dev-tools-access-to-a-single-group-of-users-in-kibana/3717 "2020-09-09T17:46:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![FREDDIE2020](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/freddie2020/32/969_2.png) [@FREDDIE2020](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/FREDDIE2020)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/how-to-give-dev-tools-access-to-a-single-group-of-users-in-kibana/3717/1 "2020-09-09T17:46:18Z")

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Hello All,

How can I give only a single group of users created in Kibana access to use the Dev-Tools option in Kibana?

Any help appreciated.

Thanks,

Freddie2020

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**Author:** ![FREDDIE2020](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/freddie2020/32/969_2.png) [@FREDDIE2020](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/FREDDIE2020)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/how-to-give-dev-tools-access-to-a-single-group-of-users-in-kibana/3717/2 "2020-09-15T18:56:32Z")

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Hi All,

Does anyone know how to give DevTools access to a single group of users in Kibana/OD ES?

Any help greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Freddie2020

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**Author:** ![blackkite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@blackkite](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/blackkite)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 6:15am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/how-to-give-dev-tools-access-to-a-single-group-of-users-in-kibana/3717/3 "2023-05-25T06:15:13Z")

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similiar to this post, i dont think it is possible in opensearch dashboard yet

> [@Any way to hide plugins from users who don't have permissions?](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/any-way-to-hide-plugins-from-users-who-dont-have-permissions/5710/4):
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> Looks like this menu item is not displayed because of this line here:
