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title: 'Tutorial: How to Clear All Global Access Control Rules'
canonical: https://openvpn.net/as-docs/tutorials/tutorial--clear-global-access-control-rules/
product: Access Server Docs
description: Access Server provides robust global, group, and user access controls. This is how to remove global rules.
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# Tutorial: How to Clear All Global Access Control Rules

## Overview

Follow these steps to remove access control for global rules. If you configure all your access at the group and user levels, you also want to clear all global access control rules.

## Prerequisites

- An installed Access Server.
- Existing global access control rules.

## Step 1: Clear global access control rules

1. Sign in to the Admin Web UI.
2. Click **Configuration \> VPN Settings**.
3. Under **Routing**, set the first option to **No**.
4. Select **Save Settings** and **Update Running Server**.

## Related resources

- [Access Control topic](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/access-control.md)
- [Tutorial: How to Configure Global Access Control](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/tutorials/tutorial--global-access-control.md)
- [Tutorial: How to Configure Group Access Control](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/tutorials/tutorial--group-access-control.md)
- [Tutorial: Configure Access to Networks and Services](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/tutorials/tutorial--access-networks-services.md)
- [Tutorial: Configure Access to Groups](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/tutorials/tutorial--access-to-groups.md)
- [Tutorial: Configure Access to Users](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/tutorials/tutorial--access-to-users.md)
- [Tutorial: How to Configure User Access Control](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/tutorials/tutorial--user-access-control.md)
- [Video: Access Server Access Control](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/videos/video--access-control.md)

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