1 The line, and where it goes
Open your server.cfg and add:
set sv_disableClientReplays true
Anywhere above your ensure lines is fine — most people keep it with the rest of their security settings. Three things to get right:
- The name is camelCase:
sv_disableClientReplays. FiveM won't correct a typo, it will just ignore the line. - Use
set, notsets.setsis for string values that show in the server browser; this is a plain server convar. - Fully restart the server. Convars are read at startup — restarting a resource, or
refresh, will not pick it up.
server.cfg convar, with a copy button on each line.2 What it actually does
GTA V ships with the Rockstar Editor, which records gameplay clips that the player can replay afterwards and fly around with a free camera. That camera isn't bound to where the player's character actually was.
On a roleplay server that's an information leak. Someone can record a firefight, save the clip, then scrub back through it with the free camera and look through walls at the meeting they weren't in, the stash they never found, or the player they never actually saw. Nothing about that requires a cheat — it's a stock feature of the game.
sv_disableClientReplays switches that recorder off for every client connected to your server, which closes the route entirely.
3 What it does not do
Worth being blunt about this, because people set it and assume they've bought protection they haven't:
- It is not anti-cheat. Live freecam, noclip, teleporting and spectate cheats are unaffected — those need actual detection.
- It doesn't stop screen recording. OBS, ShadowPlay, the Xbox Game Bar and every other capture tool still work exactly as before.
- It doesn't hide anything already recorded. Clips saved before you set it are still on players' machines.
It closes one specific, well-known hole. That's the whole job, and it's still worth doing.
4 Checking it applied
The reliable test is the in-game one: join your own server and try to start a Rockstar Editor recording. If the convar took, the recorder won't engage.
You can also type the convar name on its own in the server console and it will echo its current value. If it comes back empty or unset, the line isn't being read — check for a typo, check you're editing the server.cfg the server actually loads, and check you restarted rather than refreshed.
5 The three names that don't work
This is why you're probably here. FiveM silently ignores unknown convars — there's no error, no warning in console, nothing. A wrong line sits in your config looking completely plausible and does nothing at all, sometimes for months.
| What people try | What it actually is |
|---|---|
sv_disableReplayEditor | Not a convar. The most common guess, because it reads more naturally than the real name. Silently does nothing. |
enableReplayEditor | Not a server convar — it's the name of a client-side GTA V script mod that re-enables the editor for one player on their own machine. Nothing you put in server.cfg under this name has any effect. |
profile_skipsEditorRecording | A client-side GTA V profile setting. It lives in each player's own game profile and affects only that player. There is no way to set it for your players from the server. |
All three lead to the same place: set sv_disableClientReplays true is the one that works, and it's the only one that applies to everybody at once.
6 What a player can do on their own machine
If you're a player who landed here because GTA V keeps recording clips and eating disk space, the server convar isn't your answer — that's set by whoever runs the server. Recording on your own machine is controlled by GTA V's own Rockstar Editor and Action Replay settings, in the game's settings menu. Turning the action replay recording off there stops your game creating clips regardless of which server you're on.
7 Should you actually turn it on?
Not automatically. It depends what kind of server you run:
- Roleplay — yes. The wall-peek problem is real and metagaming from replay footage is genuinely hard to police any other way.
- Freeroam, racing, drift, content-creator servers — probably not. The Rockstar Editor is how your players make the clips and videos that bring other people to your server. Disabling it removes something they value in exchange for closing a hole that matters much less outside RP.
- Competitive or gamemode servers — your call. Weigh whether replay freecam can reveal anything that affects the outcome.
It's a one-line change either way, so it's cheap to try and cheap to reverse: delete the line (or set it to false) and restart.
FiveM hosting with a console you'll actually use
Full server.cfg access over SFTP and the file manager, a live console for checking convars, and high-clock CPUs with NVMe storage — FiveM leans hard on single-thread speed. DDoS protection and instant setup included.
8 Quick recap
set sv_disableClientReplays trueinserver.cfg, then a full restart.- It turns off the Rockstar Editor recorder for everyone on the server.
- It closes the replay-freecam wall-peek route — and nothing else.
- It is not anti-cheat and does not stop OBS.
sv_disableReplayEditor,enableReplayEditorandprofile_skipsEditorRecordingare not server convars and do nothing.- RP servers usually want it on; content-creator servers usually don't.
9 FAQ
What is sv_disableClientReplays?
A FiveM server convar that turns off the Rockstar Editor replay recorder for every player connected to your server. Set it in server.cfg with set sv_disableClientReplays true.
What's the exact server.cfg line?
set sv_disableClientReplays true — camelCase, using set rather than sets, followed by a full server restart.
Why doesn't sv_disableReplayEditor work?
It isn't a real convar. FiveM ignores unknown convars without an error, so the line looks right and does nothing. Use sv_disableClientReplays.
Can I set profile_skipsEditorRecording from server.cfg?
No — it's a client-side GTA V profile setting that only affects the individual player whose profile it's in. There's no server-side equivalent other than sv_disableClientReplays.
Does this stop cheaters?
Only the replay-freecam route. Live freecam, noclip, teleporting and spectate cheats are unaffected, and screen capture still works. It's a sensible default, not protection.
Should every server enable it?
Most RP servers should. Freeroam, racing and content-creator servers often shouldn't — it also stops your own video makers from recording, which may be a bigger loss than the exploit it closes.