# Enabling and disabling the input prepare feature
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Before you add input prepare actions to the MediaLive schedule, you must enable the feature.

**To enable the feature**
+ On the **Create channel** page, in **General settings**, in the **Feature activations** section, set **Input prepare schedule actions **to **Enabled**. 

**To disable the feature**

You can disable the input prepare feature. 

Typically, the only reason to disable input prepare is because you must [attach an RTMP pull input ](input-prep-rules.md)to the channel. 

1. Stop the channel. 

1. [Delete ](schedule-using-console-delete.md)all active and future input prepare actions from the schedule. You don't need to delete stale input prepare actions from the schedule.

1. On the **Create channel** page, in **General settings**, in the **Feature activation** section, set **Input prepare schedule actions **to **Disabled**. 

1. Attach the [RTMP pull input](creating-a-channel-step2.md) in the usual way.

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