Title: Cannot prevent comments
Last modified: January 16, 2021

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# Cannot prevent comments

 *  Resolved [burl14](https://wordpress.org/support/users/burl14/)
 * (@burl14)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-prevent-comments-2/)
 * I do not want people to make comments about my events, but the “Leave a Reply”
   box is displayed for events even though I’ve unchecked the settings box “Show
   Comments.” How can I persuade The Events Calendar that I *really* don’t want 
   comments?
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by [burl14](https://wordpress.org/support/users/burl14/).
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcannot-prevent-comments-2%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Marho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matumu/)
 * (@matumu)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-prevent-comments-2/#post-14157790)
 * Hello [@burl14](https://wordpress.org/support/users/burl14/)
 * Thanks for reaching out.
 * Can you please check and confirm that you have the latest version of our plugins
   running on your site?
 * Also, could you please go through the steps in this troubleshooting guide to 
   see if this issue is the result of a theme or plugin conflict: [https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/k/testing-for-conflicts/](https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/k/testing-for-conflicts/)
 * Best regards,
 * Marho
 *  Thread Starter [burl14](https://wordpress.org/support/users/burl14/)
 * (@burl14)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-prevent-comments-2/#post-14158272)
 * Thanks, [@matumu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matumu/),
 * I do have the latest version of the events calendar, I went back to the 2016 
   theme, deactivated all of my plug-ins except theeventscalendar, cleared the browser
   cache, and yet there is still a comment space for each event. I tried entering
   a comment, and I could do so successfully.
 * What would you suggest for a next step?
 *  [Jaime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaimemarchwinski/)
 * (@jaimemarchwinski)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-prevent-comments-2/#post-14308763)
 * Hi [@burl14](https://wordpress.org/support/users/burl14/)
 * Sorry to hear that you are still experiencing this issue!
 * Can you try turning off comments from the WordPress Settings > Discussion?
 * I hope that helps!
 * Thanks,
    Jaime
 *  Thread Starter [burl14](https://wordpress.org/support/users/burl14/)
 * (@burl14)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-prevent-comments-2/#post-14315208)
 * Well, good idea, and I tried turning off comments (there isn’t a blog on my site),
   but the comment space was still there, and I could still successfully enter a
   comment.

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 * Last reply from: [burl14](https://wordpress.org/support/users/burl14/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-prevent-comments-2/#post-14315208)
 * Status: resolved