# Datatable Selected\_rows only certain rows?

**URL:** <https://community.plotly.com/t/datatable-selected-rows-only-certain-rows/28024>\
**Category:** Dash Python\
**Created:** [August 30, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/datatable-selected-rows-only-certain-rows/28024 "2019-08-30T13:18:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Croll12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Croll12](https://community.plotly.com/u/Croll12)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/datatable-selected-rows-only-certain-rows/28024/1 "2019-08-30T13:18:22Z")

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I have a datatable with selected\_rows = ‘multi’. Is there a way to not have a checkbox on certain rows? Do not allow the user to select certain rows?

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**Author:** ![chriddyp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.plotly.com/chriddyp/32/16855_2.png) [@chriddyp](https://community.plotly.com/u/chriddyp)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/datatable-selected-rows-only-certain-rows/28024/2 "2019-08-30T17:04:05Z")

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This isn’t possible at the moment, but it’s a good suggestion.