[role="xpack"]
[[ml-settings-kb]]
=== Machine learning settings in {kib}
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<titleabbrev>Machine learning settings</titleabbrev>
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You do not need to configure any settings to use {kib} {ml-features}. They are
enabled by default.

[[general-ml-settings-kb]]
==== General {ml} settings

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| `xpack.ml.enabled` {ess-icon}
  | Set to `true` (default) to enable {kib} {ml-features}. +
  +
  If set to `false` in `kibana.yml`, the {ml} icon is hidden in this {kib}
  instance. If `xpack.ml.enabled` is set to `true` in `elasticsearch.yml`, however,
  you can still use the {ml} APIs. To disable {ml} entirely, see the
  {ref}/ml-settings.html[{es} {ml} settings].

|===

[[advanced-ml-settings-kb]]
==== Advanced {ml} settings

Refer to <<kibana-ml-settings,Advanced {ml} settings in {kib}>>.