Title: Remove comments/reply section
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Remove comments/reply section

 *  [Pinsip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pinsip/)
 * (@pinsip)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-commentsreply-section/)
 * How do I completely remove the comments/reply section in the template? I only
   receive spam instead of nice messages 🙁 Thanks in advance!

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 *  [janeguild](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janeguild/)
 * (@janeguild)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-commentsreply-section/#post-3334166)
 * I know how to do this in the comments.php, but any future updates will overwrite
   it. I just commented out the bulk of it. If you figure out how to do it in a 
   way that won’t be overwritten, I’d love to know too!
 *  [Hennessey Digital](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpthemesnz/)
 * (@wpthemesnz)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-commentsreply-section/#post-3334176)
 * Hi [@janeguild](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janeguild/), this is what
   child themes were made for and is the best practice way of making your modifications.
 * This makes it so that any updates to the theme does not overwrite the changes
   you’ve made to the theme. Here are a couple resources for making child themes:
 * [http://wp.tutsplus.com/tutorials/theme-development/child-themes-basics-and-creating-child-themes-in-wordpress/](http://wp.tutsplus.com/tutorials/theme-development/child-themes-basics-and-creating-child-themes-in-wordpress/)
   
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)

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