SharePoint On-Premise: Get rid off the comments section in the below part of the pages.

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SharePoint On-Premise: Get rid off the comments section in the below part of the pages.

Charlie Martharper 585

Hi!

So I was thinking of get rid off of the aprt below the pages that seems to be a coment section. I just want to be quick links and nobody be able to comment anything.

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The are things that would need to and is to miss the parte where New and others looking like this in the top of the page.

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Is there a way that other users cant create or send via mail and not able to coment?

What shall I do?

Thanks!

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Hi,

Since you are using SharePoint Server on-premises, there are some limitations compared with SharePoint Online.

Based on my testing and research, I could not find an option in SharePoint Server on-premises to disable or remove the Comments section from Site Pages. This functionality is currently available in SharePoint Online, but I could not find an equivalent setting for SharePoint Server.

If having the Comments section removed is an important requirement for your environment, I recommend submitting this as feedback through the SharePoint Feedback portal so the product team can consider adding this capability in a future update.

Reference: Can I delete the Comments part in a page? - Microsoft Q&A

For the other actions such as New, Send by email, or Promote, you can control what users can do by adjusting their permissions.

If the page is intended to be a read-only landing page containing only Quick Links, I recommend:

Give regular users "Read" permission through the site's Visitors group.
Make sure they do not have "Edit/Contribute" permission to the "Site Pages" library.
Keep page creation and modification permissions restricted to the users who maintain the site.

In SharePoint Server, the "Visitors" group is intended for users who only need to view pages and content, while Members/Contributors can add or modify content.

Microsoft documentation: Plan site permissions in SharePoint Server - SharePoint Server | Microsoft Learn

Also, SharePoint Server 2019 supports modern Site Pages and modern web parts, so using a modern page with Quick Links as the main content is supported.

So, in short:

Remove/disable the Comments section: Not available as an out-of-the-box setting in SharePoint Server.
Prevent users from creating/editing pages: Yes, use appropriate Read/Visitors permissions and restrict Edit/Contribute access to the Site Pages library.
Use the page as a read-only Quick Links landing page: Yes.

If completely hiding the Comments UI is a strict requirement, it would require a custom solution rather than a standard SharePoint Server setting.