Title: Disabling Comments
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Disabling Comments

 *  Resolved [archiveswashington](https://wordpress.org/support/users/archiveswashington/)
 * (@archiveswashington)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-comments-11/)
 * Can anyone tell me how to disable comments? I thought it was under screen options.
   Apparently not.
 * Thanks

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 *  [GenericBox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/genericbox/)
 * (@genericbox)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-comments-11/#post-4041173)
 * It is under Screen Options, of each individual Page or Post:
 * Pages > Page: [Screen Options] > Discussion
 * Then untick “Allow Comments”:
 * [ ] Allow Comments.
 *  [GenericBox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/genericbox/)
 * (@genericbox)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-comments-11/#post-4041175)
 * To Disable comments on any future Pages or Posts you create, go to:
 * Settings > Discussion
 * In the first question — Default Article Settings — disable:
 * [ ] Allow people to post comments on new articles.
 * This will make comments disabled by default (unless overridden by individual 
   posts)
 * Then, to disable them on any old articles, go down to the sixth option under “
   Other Comment Settings” and CHECK:
 * [ x ] Automatically close comments on articles older than [______] days
 * However *set the days to 0* (or 1).
 *  Thread Starter [archiveswashington](https://wordpress.org/support/users/archiveswashington/)
 * (@archiveswashington)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-comments-11/#post-4041187)
 * Great. I thought that it could be done either way. It’s strange how many times
   I think I’ve done it correctly – and have – but it just doesn’t take the first
   time. Now if I can only figure out how to reduce the font size in the widget 
   title area…
 *  Thread Starter [archiveswashington](https://wordpress.org/support/users/archiveswashington/)
 * (@archiveswashington)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-comments-11/#post-4041201)
 * Thanks! Issue is resolved.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [archiveswashington](https://wordpress.org/support/users/archiveswashington/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-comments-11/#post-4041201)
 * Status: resolved

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