diff --git a/src/components/DataKeyPair.tsx b/src/components/DataKeyPair.tsx
index cbafabfe..785ae1bb 100644
--- a/src/components/DataKeyPair.tsx
+++ b/src/components/DataKeyPair.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const IconBox = styled(props => <Box {...props} component='span'/>)`
 
 export const DataKeyPair: React.FC<DataKeyPairProps> = (props) => {
   const { value, path, nestedIndex } = props
-  const propsEditable = props.editable ?? true
+  const propsEditable = props.editable ?? false
   const storeEditable = useJsonViewerStore(store => store.editable)
   const editable = useMemo(() => {
     if (storeEditable === false) {
diff --git a/src/stores/JsonViewerStore.ts b/src/stores/JsonViewerStore.ts
index 5f360a1a..baf209b5 100644
--- a/src/stores/JsonViewerStore.ts
+++ b/src/stores/JsonViewerStore.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export const createJsonViewerStore = <T = unknown>(props: JsonViewerProps<T>) =>
         rootName: props.rootName ?? 'root',
         onChange: props.onChange ?? (() => {}),
         keyRenderer: props.keyRenderer ?? DefaultKeyRenderer,
-        editable: props.editable ?? true,
+        editable: props.editable ?? false,
         defaultInspectDepth: props.defaultInspectDepth ?? 5,
         objectSortKeys: props.objectSortKeys ?? false,
         quotesOnKeys: props.quotesOnKeys ?? true,
diff --git a/src/type.ts b/src/type.ts
index 3a5376a2..473e3d08 100644
--- a/src/type.ts
+++ b/src/type.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export type JsonViewerProps<T = unknown> = {
    * Pass `false` to turn off the edit feature.
    * Pass a function to customize the result.
    *
-   * @default true
+   * @default false
    */
   editable?: boolean | (<U = unknown>(path: Path, currentValue: U) => boolean)
   /**