# Turning optional features on or off

> Turn places of interest, assets, projects, tasks, Venzeo™ Requests or groups on or off, and make them required or optional.

Source: https://help.venzeo.com/en/article/customizing-interface
Language: en
Updated: 2026-11-11

Only administrators can turn features on or off. Every change applies at once to all users in your organisation, on the web and in the Venzeo™ mobile app.

These features are optional:

- **Place Of Interest (POI)**: fixed places, such as buildings or stops, linked to reports.
- **Assets**: equipment and other items linked to reports.
- **Projects**: time-limited jobs linked to reports.
- **In-app tasks**: work for your field workers in the Venzeo™ mobile app.
- **Venzeo™ Requests**: one-time photo requests by SMS to people outside your team.
- **Groups**: separate teams that see only their own reports. See [Setting up groups for separate teams](https://help.venzeo.com/en/article/groups).

## Turn a feature on

1. Open the main menu (click **Show Menu** if it is collapsed). Features that are turned off have the **Inactive** tag.
2. Expand the feature and choose its manage item, for example **Manage POIs**, **Manage in-app tasks** or **Manage Venzeo™ Requests**.
3. Click the activation button on the page, for example **Activate Place of interest functionality**. The message "Successfully saved" appears, the page reloads and the **Inactive** tag, if the feature had one, disappears.

## Make places of interest, assets or projects required or optional

Open the feature's manage page, for example **Manage POIs**. Under **POIs are:**, **Assets are:** or **Projects are:**, choose **Required** (users must pick one for every report) or **Optional**. The choice is saved at once: "Successfully saved" appears and the page reloads.

## Turn places of interest, assets or projects off

1. Open the main menu, expand the feature and choose its manage item, for example **Manage POIs**.
2. Under **POIs are:**, **Assets are:** or **Projects are:**, choose **Disable POI**, **Disable Assets** or **Disable Projects**. A question asks you to confirm.
3. Click **Deactivate**. The message "Successfully saved" appears, the page reloads and the feature has the **Inactive** tag in the menu.

> **Note:** The feature's view, such as **Places of Interest view**, leaves the menu and the report form stops asking for it. Existing reports do not change, and you can turn the feature on again.

## Turn tasks on or off

In-app tasks and Venzeo™ Requests have separate pages, and changing one does not change the other.

1. Open the main menu. Expand **Tasks** and choose **Manage in-app tasks**, or expand **Venzeo™ Requests** and choose **Manage Venzeo™ Requests**.
2. To turn it on, click **Activate In-app tasks** or **Activate Venzeo™ Requests**.
3. To turn it off, go to **Manage Tasks Settings** or **Manage Venzeo™ Requests Settings** and choose **Disabled**.

After either change, the message "Successfully saved" appears and the page reloads.

While a kind is off, its menu category, **Tasks** or **Venzeo™ Requests**, has the **Inactive** tag. When both are off, **Task View** leaves the menu.

**Groups** cannot be turned off in the web interface. Write to support@venzeo.com if you need this.

> **Tip:** Turn on only the features your team will use. Fewer choices make the mobile app quicker in the field.