# How come "Forgot Password?" shows up on UL for Application that do not have any database connections?

**URL:** <https://community.auth0.com/t/how-come-forgot-password-shows-up-on-ul-for-application-that-do-not-have-any-database-connections/189043>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** login-experience, new-universal-login-experience\
**Created:** [July 10, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/how-come-forgot-password-shows-up-on-ul-for-application-that-do-not-have-any-database-connections/189043 "2025-07-10T21:02:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![ttylin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/ttylin/32/60323_2.png) [@ttylin](https://community.auth0.com/u/ttylin)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/how-come-forgot-password-shows-up-on-ul-for-application-that-do-not-have-any-database-connections/189043/1 "2025-07-10T21:02:31Z")

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I was asked this question today about some of our login UI that are internal only and thus only have our federated employee connection enabled. All regular password-based user database connections have been disabled for this Application. For some reason the password reset link still shows on the Universal Login page for these applications, and more confusingly _it worked_ to initiate the reset email, even though ultimately the link goes to an error message, due to these apps not having any password-based connections enabled. Is there a way to disable showing the password reset link for these kind of apps? I’m surprised that this isn’t already the default behaviour.

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**Author:** ![teodor.andrei](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/teodor.andrei/32/75320_2.png) [@teodor.andrei](https://community.auth0.com/u/teodor.andrei)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 10:03am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/how-come-forgot-password-shows-up-on-ul-for-application-that-do-not-have-any-database-connections/189043/3 "2025-07-11T10:03:49Z")

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Hi @ttylin, and welcome to the Auth0 Community!

The **Forgot password** link can be disabled for the Universal Login by calling the “PATCH /api/v2/connections/{id}}” Management API endpoint with `options.disable_self_service_change_password` set to `true`. Please check out this [Knowledge Article](https://community.auth0.com/t/how-to-remove-the-forgot-password-link-from-the-new-universal-login-page/92554) for a detailed guide.

I hope this helps you solve the use case!

Sincerely,  
Teodor.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/original/3X/b/5/b560f266932fcce5d57f09a6595bd50518cae3f3.jpeg) [@system](https://community.auth0.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/how-come-forgot-password-shows-up-on-ul-for-application-that-do-not-have-any-database-connections/189043/4 "2025-07-25T10:04:40Z")

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