# How are false positives handled or suppressed?

**URL:** <https://community.sonarsource.com/t/how-are-false-positives-handled-or-suppressed/145230>\
**Category:** SonarQube Server / Community Build\
**Tags:** sonarqube\
**Created:** [July 27, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/how-are-false-positives-handled-or-suppressed/145230 "2025-07-27T21:18:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Suhas\_Wagh](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/suhas_wagh/32/47964_2.png) [@Suhas\_Wagh](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Suhas_Wagh)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/how-are-false-positives-handled-or-suppressed/145230/1 "2025-07-27T21:18:03Z")

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How are false positives handled or suppressed?

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/colin/32/55255_2.png) [@Colin](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 7:37am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/how-are-false-positives-handled-or-suppressed/145230/2 "2025-07-29T07:37:14Z")

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Users with the Issue Administrator permission can always mark an issue as false-positive in the SonarQube UI ([docs](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/latest/user-guide/issues/managing/))

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