# Hiding site stats

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-site-stats/160517
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 11, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-site-stats/160517 "2020-08-11T18:29:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Yariv\_Cohen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/yariv_cohen/32/186924_2.png) [@Yariv\_Cohen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yariv_Cohen)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-site-stats/160517/1 "2020-08-11T18:29:31Z")

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Hi friends  
Does someone know how to hide all the site stats for all the users? like here in discourse under the menu and about 🙂

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/7/4/7400e7f8ace2ec969a370fb5264ac925ced528fc.png)

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### Author: ![omarfilip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/omarfilip/32/208019_2.png) [@omarfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omarfilip)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-site-stats/160517/2 "2020-08-11T22:42:05Z")

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You can hide it via CSS. Admin → Customize → Theme → Edit CSS

Add this:

`section.about.stats { display: none; }`

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### Author: ![Yariv\_Cohen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/yariv_cohen/32/186924_2.png) [@Yariv\_Cohen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yariv_Cohen)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2020, 5:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-site-stats/160517/3 "2020-08-12T05:58:06Z")

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Thank you for the solution I will probably use it!  
So there is no option under settings to turn it off…

1.Does someone knows why the default in discourse to show users the stats about the community? maybe if I leave it, it will urge users to log in and use the platform?  
2. Does the display:noe solution still leave the info behind the scenes so one who knows code can see the stats?

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### Author: ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2020, 6:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-site-stats/160517/4 "2020-08-12T06:40:52Z")

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Yes, that info is left behind the scenes - and one can easily look behind the scenes by visiting `/site/statistics.json`.

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### Author: ![supernaturally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@supernaturally](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supernaturally)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-site-stats/160517/8 "2022-12-17T22:49:00Z")

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I know of several sites that have managed to hide `section.about.stats` entirely from the page source, but `site/statistics.json` still shows the stats.

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2023, 8:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-site-stats/160517/9 "2023-10-25T08:34:26Z")

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