As an admin, enable “Web services for mobile devices” on Site administration ► Advanced features Save changes Go to Site administration ► Plugins ► Web services ► Manage tokens Create a WS Token for a non-admin user on the site Note the token Go to Site administration ►Mobile app ►Mobile features Under "Disabled features" Choose the following options: Blocks > Global search Blocks > Search forums Save changes Open a terminal/console and execute the following command: You need to replace the WSTOKEN with the token created in step 2 and the URL of your moodle instance curl 'URL/webservice/rest/server.php?moodlewsrestformat=json' --data 'wsfunction=tool_mobile_get_config&wstoken=WSTOKEN&section=mobileapp' | python -m "json.tool" Confirm that you see the following items listed in the tool_mobile_disabledfeatures part of the response: CoreBlockDelegate_AddonBlockGlobalSearch,CoreBlockDelegate_AddonBlockSearchForums Now, go back to Site administration ►Mobile app ►Mobile features Under "Disabled features" unselect all options (hold ctrl and click on the option) Save changes Execute the CURL request again and check that the tool_mobile_disabledfeatures value is empty