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# Enabling and Disabling Components

Learn to enable and disable components via C# scripts during runtime as part of the Beginner Scripting project.

How to enable and disable components via script during runtime.

This tutorial is included in the [Beginner Scripting project](https://learn.unity.com/project/beginner-gameplay-scripting).

Previous: [Vector Maths](https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/vector-maths?projectId=5c8920b4edbc2a113b6bc26a)

Next: [Activating GameObjects](https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/activating-gameobjects?projectId=5c8920b4edbc2a113b6bc26a)

## 1. Enabling and Disabling Components

[Video](https://connect-mediagw.unity.com/h1/20220104/videos/eed2c14f-7a90-4c40-9bcd-37c5ecd5c959_U_Beginner_10_EnablingandDisablingComponents.mp4) ([Transcript (en)](https://connect-mediagw.unity.com/h1/20220104/75f81622-3520-47ef-8b1d-8a7a08cf1f2b_B_10_Enabling_and_Disabling_Components_V5.0.vtt))

```csharp
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class EnableComponents : MonoBehaviour
{
    private Light myLight;
    
    
    void Start ()
    {
        myLight = GetComponent<Light>();
    }
    
    
    void Update ()
    {
        if(Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.Space))
        {
            myLight.enabled = !myLight.enabled;
        }
    }
}
```