# How to make fields to be read only fields in the Django model admin forms?

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Suppose you have a `Book` model which has an `is_active` field as given below.

```python
# app_name/models.py

class Book(models.Model):
	...
	is_active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
```

And you do not want the admin to edit/add values in certain fields, you can make them read only in the admin panel using `readonly_fields` attribute of `ModelAdmin`, here is how you do it.

```python
# app_name/admin.py

from django.contrib import admin
from app_name.models import Book

@admin.register(Book)
class BookAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
	...
	readonly_fields = ("is_active", ) # 'is_active' field will be read_only in the django admin form
```

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