# How do I turn off the debug readout?
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-turn-off-the-debug-readout/18805
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [February 15, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-turn-off-the-debug-readout/18805 "2019-02-15T16:59:17Z")
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### Author:  [@Invalid\_Username](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Invalid_Username)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-turn-off-the-debug-readout/18805/1 "2019-02-15T16:59:17Z")
So, I’ve been using the cheat console quite a bit to modify my NPCs, in order to fix when they have multiple hairstyles/eye colors (Brown Hair 1, Brown Hair 3, Pink Beard, Green Eyes, Blue Eyes, etc.) all on the same character. I don’t know if that use is contributing to this problem, but I figure I’d put it out there. Anyway, here’s the sitch:
A while back, sometime around the middle of spring, I got attacked by a bear-morph NPC. My companion and I shot him up good and he ran off, too fast for me to catch, so I just let him be. Come summertime and another friendly NPC added to the team, I decided I didn’t want him hanging around up north and ran him down through the forest to a nearby little town (seriously, this guy was FAST). He hadn’t healed any of the damage I had dealt previously, and when I got him with the final arrow, the debug menu readout popped up in my feed and said something about him trying to apply a rag and a bunch of other stuff, and then his head exploded.
Now, I’m stuck with this every time I pass a turn:
I looked through the cheat menu that I had been using, but didn’t find anything to let me turn it off. Anybody know what I’m dealing with here and, hopefully, how to fix it?
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### Author:  [@Junknown](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Junknown)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-turn-off-the-debug-readout/18805/2 "2019-02-15T17:18:53Z")
Open the keybindings menu and set a key for “Toggle Debug Mode”, _do not_ confuse it with the “Debug Menu” option. Press your newly assigned button and the debug messages should no longer plague you.
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### Author:  [@Invalid\_Username](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Invalid_Username)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-turn-off-the-debug-readout/18805/3 "2019-02-15T17:27:41Z")
Assigned to F12 and it worked like a charm. 'preciate it, Cochise.