# Disable fact gathering as a command line option **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [August 14, 2018, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/disable-fact-gathering-as-a-command-line-option/28327 "2018-08-14T12:12:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jad\_Baz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@Jad\_Baz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jad_Baz)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/disable-fact-gathering-as-a-command-line-option/28327/1 "2018-08-14T12:12:48Z")
Is there a way to disable fact gathering at the command line? I couldn’t find this anywhere in the docs. As a use case, I sometimes want to run a tag with two or 3 tasks that don’t require fact gathering and I don’t want to disable it on a playbook level. Maybe there is something I’m missing, please let me know if I’m thinking about this correctly. ---
**Author:** ![S\_C\_Rigler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@S\_C\_Rigler](https://forum.ansible.com/u/S_C_Rigler)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/disable-fact-gathering-as-a-command-line-option/28327/2 "2018-08-14T12:38:59Z")
Hi Jad, “ANSIBLE\_GATHERING” environment variable has same function as “gathering” ansible.cfg option: [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference\_appendices/config.html#default-gathering](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/config.html#default-gathering) ---
**Author:** ![Jad\_Baz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@Jad\_Baz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jad_Baz)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/disable-fact-gathering-as-a-command-line-option/28327/3 "2018-08-14T12:46:46Z")
Yes, this is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks