# ImqueueInstrumentation.disable() method · @imqueue/opentelemetry

Source: https://imqueue.org/api/opentelemetry/latest/opentelemetry.imqueueinstrumentation.disable/
Published: 2026-08-01
Author: @imqueue maintainers (https://github.com/imqueue)
Package: @imqueue/opentelemetry 4.0.0 — generated reference, not hand-written

Stops tracing by removing the hooks again. Clients and services already constructed keep the hooks they copied at construction time, so spans from them may continue after this returns.

**Signature:**

```typescript
disable(): void;
```
**Returns:**

void