CURLOPT\_NOPROGRESS(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT\_NOPROGRESS(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

CURLOPT\_NOPROGRESS - switch off the progress meter

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, long onoff);
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

If *onoff* is to 1, it tells the library to shut off the progress meter completely for requests done with this *handle*. It also prevents the [*CURLOPT\_XFERINFOFUNCTION(3)*](/man/os/curl/CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION.3) or [*CURLOPT\_PROGRESSFUNCTION(3)*](/man/os/curl/CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION.3) from getting called.

# [DEFAULT](#DEFAULT)

1, meaning it normally runs without a progress meter.

# [PROTOCOLS](#PROTOCOLS)

This functionality affects all supported protocols

# [EXAMPLE](#EXAMPLE)

```
int main(void)
{


  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();


  if(curl) {


    CURLcode result;


    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");


    /* enable progress meter */


    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 0L);


    /* Perform the request */


    result = curl_easy_perform(curl);


    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);


  }
}
```

# [AVAILABILITY](#AVAILABILITY)

Added in curl 7.1

# [RETURN VALUE](#RETURN_VALUE)

[*curl\_easy\_setopt(3)*](/man/os/curl/curl_easy_setopt.3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

CURLE\_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see [*libcurl-errors(3)*](/man/os/curl/libcurl-errors.3).

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**CURLOPT\_DEBUGFUNCTION**(3)](/man/os/curl/CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION.3), [**CURLOPT\_PROGRESSFUNCTION**(3)](/man/os/curl/CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION.3), [**CURLOPT\_VERBOSE**(3)](/man/os/curl/CURLOPT_VERBOSE.3), [**CURLOPT\_XFERINFOFUNCTION**(3)](/man/os/curl/CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION.3)

2026-10-31 libcurl

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Document: CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS(3) from curl 8.23.0-r3 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/curl/curl.git