# Password or msg to protect WCS? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Chat\ **Created:** [May 9, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/password-or-msg-to-protect-wcs/4715 "2025-05-09T16:00:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ROTM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/90ced4/32.png) [@ROTM](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/ROTM)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/password-or-msg-to-protect-wcs/4715/1 "2025-05-09T16:00:29Z")
Hello Is there a way to setup a password or a msg to prevent messing up saved wcs? You know when you just start your machine get ready to work zero everything and then noticed you have override other saved positions ☹ Tnx! ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.avidcnc.com/eric/32/3220_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/password-or-msg-to-protect-wcs/4715/2 "2025-05-09T17:19:20Z")
You can lock WCS’s in the WCS menu by clicking the “Lock/Unlock” button. It doesn’t password protect them, but it makes you do several clicks to enable changing them again. ---
**Author:** ![ROTM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/90ced4/32.png) [@ROTM](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/ROTM)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/password-or-msg-to-protect-wcs/4715/3 "2025-05-09T18:26:50Z")
Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![nateD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@nateD](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/nateD)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 4:21am UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/password-or-msg-to-protect-wcs/4715/4 "2025-05-11T04:21:25Z")
I’m sure you were asking for “a friend” 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![ROTM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/90ced4/32.png) [@ROTM](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/ROTM)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/password-or-msg-to-protect-wcs/4715/5 "2025-05-11T13:54:25Z")
Me.myself and I lol