Remove Social and Comments Footer From SPO Site Page

Question

Other than scripting the removal of the Comments and Social footer from a Site Page, is there a way to remove the objects using the GUI?

For reference, here is the SP PNP command I'm using to remove the objects.

Set-SPOSite -Identity $SiteURL -SocialBarOnSitePagesDisabled $True -CommentsOnSitePagesDisabled $True

Answer 1

Yes, it can be done through the GUI as well - either in each page level or global level from admin center.

Disable the comments footer from admin center (global setting) :

1. Navigate to Admin Centers by going to App Launcher > Admin
2. Under Admin Centers, choose SharePoint
3. Once in SharePoint Admin Center, click on Settings
4. Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the Settings screen to Comments on Site Pages section. By default, comments are enabled on all pages. If you wish to disable, just choose appropriate radio button and click OK

Example: Go to this URL:

https://globalsharepoint2019-admin.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/online/TenantSettings.aspx

And please do below-highlighted settings:

NOTES:

• And I think for the social collaboration setting, you can check the "Enterprise Social Collaboration" setting from the same global setting page.

• This global setting option usually takes 10-20 minutes to take effect on all sites/pages in your tenant

• Once disabled globally, comments cannot be enabled back by Site Owners or Site Members

• Just like with previous option, disabling comments globally does not remove the comments history. Once globally enabled, the whole Comments thread will be back!

Disable the comments footer from site page level :

1. Edit the page by clicking the Editbutton
2. At the bottom of the page in the Comments section, toggle the switch from On position…

Please refer the below article for the details:

2 ways to disable modern page comments