# Disable valgrind per target?

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/disable-valgrind-per-target/4079
**Category:** Code
**Created:** [September 13, 2021, 9:24am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/disable-valgrind-per-target/4079 "2021-09-13T09:24:26Z")
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### Author: ![cmak](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@cmak](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/cmak)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2021, 9:24am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/disable-valgrind-per-target/4079/1 "2021-09-13T09:24:26Z")

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If I run ‘ctest -T memcheck’ it runs valgrind on all unit tests. But how to programmatically disable valgrind per target?

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### Author: ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/disable-valgrind-per-target/4079/2 "2021-09-14T12:57:38Z")

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There is no way currently. [This issue](https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/18127) is what you’re interested in I believe.

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### Author: ![cmak](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@cmak](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/cmak)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/disable-valgrind-per-target/4079/3 "2021-09-14T17:24:00Z")

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Thanks for the link, appreciate it!