topic Re: NEW - SmartConsole Extension - Easy deletion of disabled rules in SmartConsole Extensions

SmartConsole Extension - Easy deletion of disabled rules

HeikoAnkenbrand — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:23:28 GMT

Since deleting disabled rules always annoyed me, I created a SmarteConsole plugin.
It does the following:

- Shows all rules in SmartConsole that have set to disabled.
- Lets you select any of the disabled rules you want to delete.
- Generates the CLI commands for the Management Server to delete those rules.
You only need to copy and paste the output into an SSH session on the SMS.

I deliberately did not automate the deletion directly in SmartConsole, to avoid accidental rule removal if the tool is misused.

Install Smart Console Extension:
https://www.checkpoint.tips/ex/disable.json

Versions:

1.0 Basic version 01/02/2026
1.1 Public community version 01/05/2026
1.2 Add layers and autoload 01/11/2026
1.3 added "last modify date" 01/13/2026

Re: NEW - SmartConsole Extension - Easy deletion of disabled rules

the_rock — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:18:55 GMT

Excellent! Just tested it quickly in the lab, works as intended. AMAZING job, as always 🙌

Re: NEW - SmartConsole Extension - Easy deletion of disabled rules

juergen_wollert — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:53:35 GMT

Very cool Smart Console extension.
I deleted some of our disabled rules with it this morning. It really simplifies things.

Great job @HeikoAnkenbrand

Re: NEW - SmartConsole Extension - Easy deletion of disabled rules

Lenhard — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:42:21 GMT

Is this the same tool as this one?

SmartConsole Extension - Easy deletion of unused rules

Re: NEW - SmartConsole Extension - Easy deletion of disabled rules

Bob_Zimmerman — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:56:06 GMT

Might be nice to add the date the rule was last changed. That way, it's easy to tell the difference between rules which have been disabled for months versus rules which were disabled yesterday and which may need to be reenabled to fix an outage.

Re: NEW - SmartConsole Extension - Easy deletion of disabled rules

HeikoAnkenbrand — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:05:10 GMT

@Bob_Zimmerman

Great idea with the date. I'll add it in the next version.

Re: NEW - SmartConsole Extension - Easy deletion of disabled rules

HeikoAnkenbrand — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:49:04 GMT

Hi @Bob_Zimmerman

I integrated the date of the last change into the app and aligned the design with the Smart Console.

Re: NEW - SmartConsole Extension - Easy deletion of disabled rules

HeikoAnkenbrand — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:46:04 GMT

What's new in version 1.3:
- Bug fixes
- Added "last modify date"
- R82 compatible

Re: NEW - SmartConsole Extension - Easy deletion of disabled rules

the_rock — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:08:23 GMT

Ah, thats awesome!

Re: SmartConsole Extension - Easy deletion of disabled rules

Simon136806 — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 23:32:07 GMT

Hi @HeikoAnkenbrand

How can the Easy HTTS server you posted about be used to run the easy deletion of disabled rules extension?

(Re: Easy HTTPS Server - Check Point CheckMates)

I downloaded Disable.json and Disable.htm. The web server starts fine and I've loaded both files into the web server file repository, When I select Show Rules there is no action.

Management environment is MDM running R81.20.