# LAYOFF Command
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## Function Description:
This command is used to turn off the layer of a selected object.
Turning off the layer of
a selected object makes the object invisible. This command is useful if you need
an unobstructed view when working in a drawing or if you don't want to plot
details such as reference lines.
## Command Access:
> **Icon:**
> 
> **Menu:** Format \> Layer Tools \> Layer Off
> **Ribbon:** Home \> Layer \> LAYOFF
> **Toolbar:** Layers Ⅱ \> Layer Off
> **Command:** LAYOFF
> **Alias:** /
## Command Prompts:
Select object on layer to turn
off or \[Settings/Undo\]:
## **Select object on layer to turn off**
Selects one or more objects whose layers you want to turn off.
## **Settings**
Displays the settings for viewports and block definitions. The setting you
choose persists from session to session.
- **Viewports:**
Displays settings for viewports.
**Vpfreeze:** In paper space, freezes the layer selected in the current viewport.
**Off:** In paper space, turns off selected layers in all viewports.
- **Block selection:**
Displays the settings for block selection, where you can freeze layers of
selected objects.
**Block:** If a selected object is nested in
a block, the layer of the selected block is turned off. If a selected
object is nested in an external reference, the layer of the selected object
is turned off.
**Entity:** Turns off layers of selected objects even if they are nested in an external reference or
a block.
**None:** If selecting a block or an external reference,
turns off the layers that the block or external reference belongs to.
## **Undo**
Cancels the previous layer selection.