# How to remove a profession?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-remove-a-profession/20481>\
**Category:** The Toolbox\
**Created:** [June 22, 2019, 12:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-remove-a-profession/20481 "2019-06-22T00:19:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Bio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/bio/32/6690_2.png) [@Bio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bio)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 12:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-remove-a-profession/20481/1 "2019-06-22T00:19:12Z")

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how can I remove a profession from the game?  
I want to remove some of the irritating professions from the rolls on random charecters

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**Author:** ![Ragno](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ragno/32/5935_2.png) [@Ragno](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ragno)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 3:33am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-remove-a-profession/20481/2 "2019-06-22T03:33:36Z")

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I think you need to go to cdda/data/json and edit the profession file, erasing the professions you dont want

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**Author:** ![Bio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/bio/32/6690_2.png) [@Bio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bio)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-remove-a-profession/20481/3 "2019-06-22T23:58:18Z")

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how do you edit the file then

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**Author:** ![Bobdole44](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/bobdole44/32/3977_2.png) [@Bobdole44](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bobdole44)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 3:35am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-remove-a-profession/20481/4 "2019-06-23T03:35:07Z")

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Notepad++ is my go-to to do that. Make sure to make a copy of the file before messing with it. You can reverse engineer the code to make your own professions too