# I know you can disable an action button that I added but how can I disable the submit button on an expression box?

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**Created:** [August 7, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/i-know-you-can-disable-an-action-button-that-i-added-but-how-can-i-disable-the-submit-button-on-an-expression-box/544 "2019-08-07T22:01:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jon\_Foster](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/jon_foster/32/350_2.png) [@Jon\_Foster](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Jon_Foster)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/i-know-you-can-disable-an-action-button-that-i-added-but-how-can-i-disable-the-submit-button-on-an-expression-box/544/1 "2019-08-07T22:01:39Z")

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Students are submitting a function to graph and I want to limit the number of times they can edit their function.

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**Author:** ![cwinske](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/cwinske/32/3106_2.png) [@cwinske](https://cl.desmos.com/u/cwinske)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/i-know-you-can-disable-an-action-button-that-i-added-but-how-can-i-disable-the-submit-button-on-an-expression-box/544/2 "2019-08-08T13:25:23Z")

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The submit button actually has similar sources as the action button. Here’s an example where the button is disabled after 3 submissions.

> **[Submit Button Limitations • Activity Builder by Desmos](https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/5d4c217ff8332d60fa664ca8)**
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> by Craig Winske

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**Author:** ![Jon\_Foster](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/jon_foster/32/350_2.png) [@Jon\_Foster](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Jon_Foster)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/i-know-you-can-disable-an-action-button-that-i-added-but-how-can-i-disable-the-submit-button-on-an-expression-box/544/3 "2019-08-08T19:53:22Z")

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Awesome! Exactly what I was looking for, I figured since action had it submit did as well, I just couldn’t find the correct syntax. Thank you.