Title: Remove Email/Website from comments?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Remove Email/Website from comments?

 *  [neodan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neodan/)
 * (@neodan)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-emailwebsite-from-comments/)
 * How can I remove the e-mail and website all together from the comment reply section?

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 *  [uwiuw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uwiuw/)
 * (@uwiuw)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-emailwebsite-from-comments/#post-1403191)
 * you can edit your your comments.php file. This file location is in your theme
   folder.
 * try to find `<input type="text" name="url" id="url" ...` or something similar
   then delete or change it to hidden like this :
 * `<input type="hidden" name="url" id="url" ...`
 * PS : you still need email if you want user to send comment.
 * Btw, the thing you ask is about front end or back end (dashboard) ?
 *  Thread Starter [neodan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neodan/)
 * (@neodan)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-emailwebsite-from-comments/#post-1403242)
 * So if I take out the e-mail I won’t be able to get comments?
 * Is that the downside of doing this? In other words, I can’t just have a name 
   and comment message?
 *  [uwiuw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uwiuw/)
 * (@uwiuw)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-emailwebsite-from-comments/#post-1403264)
 * yes, that is the downside. wordpress has design their comment mechanism based
   on user name and email combination. More over, their avatar profile picture (
   usually call gravatar) based on email address.
 *  [technonow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/technonow/)
 * (@technonow)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-emailwebsite-from-comments/#post-1403391)
 * Neodan,
 * I’d tried the above, but with my theme it got rid of the URL input box but still
   left the URL title.
 * I found that commenting out the whole paragraph worked for me.
 * Just find the above code in your comments.php file, find the start of the paragraph
   indicated by <p> and place <– before it like this:
 * `<!-- <p>`
 * Do the same where the paragraph ends, like this:
 * `</p> -->`
    That comments out the whole paragraph and removes both the title 
   and the input field.
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-emailwebsite-from-comments/#post-1403399)
 * personally, I would never comment on a blog where I can’t have my site linked
   
   you want comments but you don’t want to return any love. the comment links are“
   nofollow” so it wouldn’t be like I was getting any google juice from commenting
 *  [technonow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/technonow/)
 * (@technonow)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-emailwebsite-from-comments/#post-1403400)
 * I don’t mind reciprocal links either, and I’ve no objection to any link within
   the post itself as long as it’s relevant to the post and adds something to it.
   But if someone makes 100 comments on my website that’s 100 separate outgoing 
   links.
 * It seems to be a case of all or nothing.
 * Reciprocal love is great. One sided love is oppressive!
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-emailwebsite-from-comments/#post-1403401)
 * > But if someone makes 100 comments on my website that’s 100 separate outgoing
   > links.
 * and how does that hurt you?
    someone commenting that much is really livening 
   up your site and therefore building your site – or is just a nuisance that should
   be banned
 *  [uwiuw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uwiuw/)
 * (@uwiuw)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-emailwebsite-from-comments/#post-1403412)
 * yes it will be weird if somebody can comment but can not put their link into 
   their comment. it so against the norm (or break something taboo). And it seem
   like some kind irresponsible comment from somebody completely anonymous.
 *  Thread Starter [neodan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neodan/)
 * (@neodan)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-emailwebsite-from-comments/#post-1403495)
 * its that most of my target audience doesnt have a website so why have that field
   when they make it up anyways?
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-emailwebsite-from-comments/#post-1403498)
 * > its that most of my target audience doesnt have a website so why have that 
   > field when they make it up anyways?
 * ok – it’s your blog – not trying to dissuade you but that is an optional field

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