# Deactivate IDs for Particles
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/deactivate-ids-for-particles/7677
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [July 23, 2021, 9:53am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/deactivate-ids-for-particles/7677 "2021-07-23T09:53:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@gizem](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/gizem)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2021, 9:53am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/deactivate-ids-for-particles/7677/1 "2021-07-23T09:53:30Z")
Hello,
is there a way to deactivate particle IDs generated by Paraview?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2021, 9:25am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/deactivate-ids-for-particles/7677/2 "2021-08-02T09:25:39Z")
This does not make sense. Can you explain what you are trying to achieve ?
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### Author:  [@gizem](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/gizem)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/deactivate-ids-for-particles/7677/3 "2021-08-02T18:04:28Z")
Whenever I try to filter the particles or use the programmable filter, Paraview seems to focus on the IDs it has generated itself. I’d like to work on other parameters of the particles. Currently I am trying to bypass the IDs when I use the programmable filter, but I was curious whether there was a way to deactivate them.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2021, 7:39am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/deactivate-ids-for-particles/7677/4 "2021-08-03T07:39:57Z")
This does not make much sense, which filter are you using that produces these particles ids ?