Title: Global disable
Last modified: February 8, 2026

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# Global disable

 *  Resolved [ciresisters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ciresisters/)
 * (@ciresisters)
 * [5 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/global-disable/)
 * If I disable comments globally using the plugin, will this also remove existing
   comments from old posts or just prevent new ones?

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 *  Plugin Author [rbplugins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rbplugins/)
 * (@rbplugins)
 * [5 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/global-disable/#post-18816794)
 * Good question.
 * When comments are disabled globally using the plugin, existing comments are not
   deleted from the database. The plugin simply hides all existing comments on the
   frontend and in the admin area, and prevents new comments from being added.
 * So if you ever re-enable comments later, your old comments will still be there,
   nothing is permanently removed.

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 * Last activity: [5 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/global-disable/#post-18816794)
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