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title: "set session_timeout"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/nios86/35985468/set%20session_timeout"
format: markdown
---
Use the `set`` ``session_timeout`` `command to specify how long a session remains open when there is no user activity. Use the [*<span style="color: #0000ff">show session_timeout</span>*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios86/pages/35822127) command to view the session_timeout setting.

# Syntax

`set session_timeout`

This command has no arguments.

# Example

`Infoblox > ``set`` ``session_timeout`  
` Current GUI/CLI timeout is 60000 seconds (16:40:00) `  
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`WARNING: Changing the session timeout will cause GUI users to be logged out.`  
`New GUI/CLI session timeout (in seconds, 0 to abort)? ``90000`