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[[ml-settings-kb]]
=== Machine Learning Settings in Kibana
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<titleabbrev>Machine Learning Settings</titleabbrev>
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You do not need to configure any settings to use {ml}. It is enabled by default.

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[[general-ml-settings-kb]]
==== General Machine Learning Settings

`xpack.ml.enabled`::
Set to `true` (default) to enable {ml}. +
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If set to `false` in `kibana.yml`, the {ml} icon is hidden in this {kib}
instance. If `xpack.ml.enabled` is set to `true` in `elasticsearch.yml`, however,
you can still use the {ml} APIs. To disable {ml} entirely, see the
{ref}/ml-settings.html[{es} Machine Learning Settings].