Enable or disable personal dashboards

The allow_user_dashboards flag is the master kill-switch for end-user dashboard creation. When off, LaunchPad hides the + Add dashboard button, blocks POST /api/dashboard, and shows users a localised explainer in the empty state.

Goal

Toggle the flag on or off and verify the user UI reflects the change.

Prerequisites

• You must be a Nextcloud admin.

Steps

1. Open LaunchPad admin settings

Settings menu (avatar) → Administration settings → LaunchPad in the left nav.

2. Find the Personal dashboards section

The section is near the top of the page. The toggle is labelled Allow users to create personal dashboards.

3. Flip the toggle

The change persists immediately — no Save button. The flag is stored in oc_launchpad_admin_settings (key allow_user_dashboards).

4. Verify on the user side

Open LaunchPad as a non-admin user.

• Toggle on → + Add dashboard is visible in the sidebar; the empty state shows the standard "Create your first dashboard" CTA.
• Toggle off → button hidden; empty state shows "Personal dashboards are not enabled by your administrator."

Behaviour notes

• Existing personal dashboards survive. Disabling doesn't delete user dashboards — they remain accessible. Only creation is blocked.
• Backend enforcement. Even if a curl request bypasses the UI, the POST /api/dashboard controller calls assertPersonalDashboardsAllowed() and responds with 403 personal_dashboards_disabled when the flag is off.
• Group-shared dashboards are unaffected. Admin templates and group defaults render regardless.

Common issues

Symptom	Fix
Toggle is missing	Confirm the user is actually a Nextcloud admin (occ user:info <name>).
Users still see + Add after disable	Apache apc cache. docker exec nextcloud apache2ctl graceful to refresh.
Newly-created users land on no-dashboard	Either the toggle is off, OR no admin template applies — see Create an admin template.

Reference

• Admin settings feature reference
• Permissions reference