# Only Owner Minting

This is a tricky feature, but one that's really important.

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If this is toggled on, it will **prevent everyone** but the owner of the contract from minting NFTs from it, so the main use case for having this feature ON is if you plan on only airdropping.&#x20;

**Most general users will WANT to have this feature OFF.**&#x20;
