# Removing LED?

**URL:** https://community.zymbit.com/t/removing-led/1524
**Category:** Getting Started
**Created:** [April 4, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.zymbit.com/t/removing-led/1524 "2023-04-04T16:00:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![tennisparty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@tennisparty](https://community.zymbit.com/u/tennisparty)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.zymbit.com/t/removing-led/1524/1 "2023-04-04T16:00:09Z")

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Is it OK to physically remove the blue LED on the Zymkey 4? I am using the zymkey in a project where I cannot have an LED light up and plan to physically remove the LED to ensure that it doesn’t.

Thanks,  
Sam

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### Author: ![Bob\_of\_Zymbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@Bob\_of\_Zymbit](https://community.zymbit.com/u/Bob_of_Zymbit)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.zymbit.com/t/removing-led/1524/2 "2023-04-04T17:20:25Z")

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@tennisparty - You can turn off the Blue LED via our software API. Python:

python3 -c “import zymkey; zymkey.client.led\_off()”

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### Author: ![tennisparty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@tennisparty](https://community.zymbit.com/u/tennisparty)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.zymbit.com/t/removing-led/1524/3 "2023-04-04T18:12:32Z")

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That’s great, do you know if that will permanently turn the led off I.e. no flashing when the pi is booting or powering down?

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### Author: ![Bob\_of\_Zymbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@Bob\_of\_Zymbit](https://community.zymbit.com/u/Bob_of_Zymbit)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.zymbit.com/t/removing-led/1524/4 "2023-04-04T18:45:25Z")

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It does not turn it permanently off. You would need to turn it off each time at bootup.

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### Author: ![tennisparty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@tennisparty](https://community.zymbit.com/u/tennisparty)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.zymbit.com/t/removing-led/1524/5 "2023-04-04T18:50:39Z")

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> [@Bob\_of\_Zymbit](#):
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> python3 -c “import zymkey; zymkey.client.led\_off()”

Would it break the zymkey if I just de-solder the LED instead? This works for the raspberry pi LED’s as they are on separate circuits

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### Author: ![Bob\_of\_Zymbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@Bob\_of\_Zymbit](https://community.zymbit.com/u/Bob_of_Zymbit)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.zymbit.com/t/removing-led/1524/6 "2023-04-04T20:26:54Z")

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That should be fine with our LED as well.