# Any way to turn off RateLimiter temporarily for bulk creation by admin?

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**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [January 16, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-turn-off-ratelimiter-temporarily-for-bulk-creation-by-admin/138825 "2020-01-16T14:28:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-turn-off-ratelimiter-temporarily-for-bulk-creation-by-admin/138825/14 "2024-05-27T20:54:56Z")

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If those users all have the same IP, then I bet you’re right. I think the solution is to change that setting or give people bogus IP addresses like `127.0.0.x` (or maybe use IPv6 to make it easier?)

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