# Locking a segment for edits

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/locking-a-segment-for-edits/35156>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Tags:** segmentation\
**Created:** [March 28, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/locking-a-segment-for-edits/35156 "2024-03-28T16:39:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 30, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/locking-a-segment-for-edits/35156/10 "2024-03-30T16:37:08Z")

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> [@jamesobutler](#):
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> instead of “Overwrite All”.

‘Allow Overlap’ is not factory default but can be globally set in ‘Application settings / Segmentations’.

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