---
title: Opt-out of Automatic Static Optimization
url: "https://nextjs.org/docs/messages/opt-out-auto-static-optimization"
---



## Why This Warning Occurred

You are using `getInitialProps` in your [Custom `<App>`](/docs/pages/building-your-application/routing/custom-app) file.

This causes **all pages** that do not use [`getStaticProps`](/docs/pages/building-your-application/data-fetching/get-static-props) into Server-side Rendering (at runtime) and disables [Automatic Static Optimization](/docs/pages/building-your-application/rendering/automatic-static-optimization).

## Possible Ways to Fix It

Verify if you need to use `getInitialProps` in `pages/_app`. There are some valid use cases for this, but it's often better to use `getInitialProps` in individual pages.

- Check for any [higher-order components](https://reactjs.org/docs/higher-order-components.html) that may have added `getInitialProps` to your [Custom `<App>`](/docs/pages/building-your-application/routing/custom-app).
- If you previously copied the [Custom `<App>`](/docs/pages/building-your-application/routing/custom-app) example from the old docs, you can remove `getInitialProps`.

The following `getInitialProps` can be removed:

```jsx filename="pages/_app.js"
class MyApp extends App {
  // Remove me, I do nothing!
  static async getInitialProps({ Component, ctx }) {
    let pageProps = {}

    if (Component.getInitialProps) {
      pageProps = await Component.getInitialProps(ctx)
    }

    return { pageProps }
  }

  render() {
    // ...
  }
}
```