Of course it is. Older garage door openers don't even have this
safety feature. All you need to do is look at the circuit diagram and
take the sensor out of the circuit, i.e, you would just bypass the
sensor. But why would you want to?

Derek Atkin wrote:

I have a Genie unit that is about 3 years old. Is it possible to
disable the infra red sensors that prevent the opener from closing the
door if the beam is broken ?