# Why is Glide calling my Airtable via API? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Tags:** api\ **Created:** [February 23, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/why-is-glide-calling-my-airtable-via-api/80287 "2025-02-23T23:43:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tamara\_Didenko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/tamara_didenko/32/42215_2.png) [@Tamara\_Didenko](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Tamara_Didenko)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/why-is-glide-calling-my-airtable-via-api/80287/1 "2025-02-23T23:43:59Z")
I haven’t been using Glide in a while, and from the Usage area in Glide, doesn’t look like my apps were used by anyone else lately either. Yet, all of a sudden, the Airtable that’s connected to Glide is reporting crazy API usage. Why would Glide all of a sudden start calling Airtable at such high rate? This is the table connected to Glide. ![CleanShot 2025-02-23at 15-40@2x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/3/b/3b4edcd88492dadc9c9cce7fa00fe84c07d55d21.png) And this is the usage reported by Glide for this app ![CleanShot 2025-02-23at 15-43@2x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/a/d/ad8383f09cc081053579e0e22e57cd092b7df64d.jpeg) What might be the problem? ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/why-is-glide-calling-my-airtable-via-api/80287/3 "2025-02-24T23:50:18Z")
Alerted the team to see if they can help with your problem. Do they say in the logs that the API calls all come from Glide? ---
**Author:** ![Tamara\_Didenko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/tamara_didenko/32/42215_2.png) [@Tamara\_Didenko](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Tamara_Didenko)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 4:52am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/why-is-glide-calling-my-airtable-via-api/80287/5 "2025-02-27T04:52:14Z")
Do you know where I could look at that? All I’m seeing is the number of API calls, not where they are coming from. It shows Glide here though ![CleanShot 2025-02-26at 20-51@2x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/4/6/46b985eaa55a7094873073cb658fb8014e75956d.png) ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 8:43am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/why-is-glide-calling-my-airtable-via-api/80287/6 "2025-02-27T08:43:37Z")
Did you turn on the “extra” sync mode? ---
**Author:** ![Tamara\_Didenko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/tamara_didenko/32/42215_2.png) [@Tamara\_Didenko](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Tamara_Didenko)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/why-is-glide-calling-my-airtable-via-api/80287/7 "2025-02-27T19:25:13Z")
I don’t think so? Where can I check? ---
**Author:** ![Tamara\_Didenko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/tamara_didenko/32/42215_2.png) [@Tamara\_Didenko](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Tamara_Didenko)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/why-is-glide-calling-my-airtable-via-api/80287/8 "2025-02-27T19:28:13Z")
Doesn’t look like it? ![CleanShot 2025-02-27at 11-27@2x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/4/1/41a69a83442cf2f0076091e76edeffee3b9906f6.png) ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/why-is-glide-calling-my-airtable-via-api/80287/9 "2025-02-28T00:05:18Z")
Thank you for the info. I will ping the support team again. ---
**Author:** ![comm\_support\_agent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/comm_support_agent/32/84195_2.png) [@comm\_support\_agent](https://community.glideapps.com/u/comm_support_agent)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/why-is-glide-calling-my-airtable-via-api/80287/11 "2025-03-03T17:30:43Z")
After reviewing this scenario, the API usage in question is done by Airtable as it checks for updates in the Glide app. This is outside of Glide’s control and is handled completely by Airtable. To prevent this API usage in Airtable, you can disconnect your base from your app. For more information about Airtable API, please check out this doc from Airtable: [Managing API Call Limits in Airtable](https://support.airtable.com/docs/managing-api-call-limits-in-airtable) ---
**Author:** ![Tamara\_Didenko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/tamara_didenko/32/42215_2.png) [@Tamara\_Didenko](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Tamara_Didenko)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/why-is-glide-calling-my-airtable-via-api/80287/12 "2025-03-04T01:56:59Z")
Why would this start happening all of a sudden? I thought API calls are usually initiated outside of Airtable? ---
**Author:** ![comm\_support\_agent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/comm_support_agent/32/84195_2.png) [@comm\_support\_agent](https://community.glideapps.com/u/comm_support_agent)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/why-is-glide-calling-my-airtable-via-api/80287/13 "2025-03-05T20:20:45Z")
Unfortunately, Glide doesn’t have any special insight into how Airtable manages its API or third-party integrations. I’d encourage you to reach out to Airtable Support to inquire further, if needed. You can also remove the Glide integration from Airtable’s third-party integrations (click Avatar \> Integrations \> Third-party Integrations). If you can provide the App ID for the app in question, we can check our logs to verify things further.