# Disable camera lens flares in viewport

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/disable-camera-lens-flares-in-viewport/844535>\
**Category:** Rendering\
**Tags:** lens-flares, unreal-engine, Lighting, question\
**Created:** [April 4, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/disable-camera-lens-flares-in-viewport/844535 "2023-04-04T16:32:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Asterix\_Us](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/asterix_us/32/549400_2.png) [@Asterix\_Us](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Asterix_Us)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/disable-camera-lens-flares-in-viewport/844535/1 "2023-04-04T16:32:09Z")

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Hi there! Last night I was messing with the lights of my main scene and I managed by accident to create an effect in the editor viewport (it’s happening while the game is running too), where I have camera lens flares effects. Anyone knows what these are and how I can disable them? It’s not something from post process or any camera settings as far as I’ve looked 😅…  
See attached video for reference:

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**Author:** ![jeffmeyer3d](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/jeffmeyer3d/32/965059_2.png) [@jeffmeyer3d](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/jeffmeyer3d)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/disable-camera-lens-flares-in-viewport/844535/2 "2023-04-04T19:02:18Z")

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Post Process → Lens → Lens Flares → Intensity

Set to zero, or dial it way down.

Also, SHOW (button in the viewport) → Post Processing → Lens Flares

The show settings are different for “editor mode” and “game mode” (toggle with G key)

Can also tweak Lens → Bloom → Intensity

Also, be careful how far your drive your emissive values on materials when using lens flares.

If piloting a camera, be sure that Camera → Camera Options → Post Process Blend Weight is set to zero so it does not override your global post process settings.

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**Author:** ![Asterix\_Us](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/asterix_us/32/549400_2.png) [@Asterix\_Us](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Asterix_Us)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 5:35am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/disable-camera-lens-flares-in-viewport/844535/3 "2023-04-05T05:35:07Z")

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Thank you so much!