# Site setting to disable local sign ups

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-setting-to-disable-local-sign-ups/401005
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** login
**Created:** [April 19, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-setting-to-disable-local-sign-ups/401005 "2026-04-19T20:25:19Z")
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### Author: ![Ethsim2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ethsim2/32/522255_2.png) [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-setting-to-disable-local-sign-ups/401005/1 "2026-04-19T20:25:19Z")

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Hello,

I’m looking for a site setting that disables local signups, but maintains OpenID connect new account registrations.

Looking back at user reports from January the majority pointed to a site text `This was the error message: New account registrations are not allowed at this time.` and would have caused me to enable `Allow_new_registrations`.

Browsing through all the available settings i can’t see an explicit, registrations allowed via OIDC but not the `local` site.

I have however used a [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) query to check for any users (acting against ToS of course) using their DevTools to unhide sign up button or selectively disable a [JS re-direct](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-initial-page-that-re-directs-to-login/400773);

```plaintext
SELECT
  u.id,
  u.username,
  u.name,
  ue.email,
  u.active,
  u.approved,
  u.created_at,
  u.last_seen_at
FROM users u
LEFT JOIN user_associated_accounts uaa
  ON uaa.user_id = u.id
LEFT JOIN user_emails ue
  ON ue.user_id = u.id
 AND ue.primary = true
WHERE uaa.user_id IS NULL
  AND u.staged = false
ORDER BY u.last_seen_at DESC NULLS LAST, u.created_at DESC

```

I appreciate that the user acting against my policy, would still need to verify their email address, it’s just that i don’t want user registering that might not have an account in the institution providing me with my OIDC needs.

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