# Realm Disabled?

**URL:** <https://community.auth0.com/t/realm-disabled/37557>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** realm\
**Created:** [February 6, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/realm-disabled/37557 "2020-02-06T17:57:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ggleason](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/ggleason/32/14694_2.png) [@ggleason](https://community.auth0.com/u/ggleason)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/realm-disabled/37557/1 "2020-02-06T17:57:21Z")

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What does it mean when trying to login and its receiving a “realm is disable” error?

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**Author:** ![Kris.B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/kris.b/32/10642_2.png) [@Kris.B](https://community.auth0.com/u/Kris.B)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/realm-disabled/37557/2 "2020-02-06T21:07:41Z")

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Hi, @ggleason!

This error message indicates that the application does not have the specified [realm](https://auth0.com/docs/api-auth/grant/password#realm-support) enabled or possibly that a realm has been specified which does not exist. The full error message and/or event from your tenant logs likely provides additional details regarding which realm resulted in the error occurring. It will need to be a connection type which uses username and password to authenticate, such as a database connection.

Please check your connection and application settings to ensure that it is enabled.