# How to disable "preloader-image" on Discourse instance?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-preloader-image-on-discourse-instance/402456
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** splash
**Created:** [May 8, 2026, 6:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-preloader-image-on-discourse-instance/402456 "2026-05-08T06:21:04Z")
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### Author: ![GaurangBlaze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gaurangblaze/32/279249_2.png) [@GaurangBlaze](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GaurangBlaze)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2026, 6:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-preloader-image-on-discourse-instance/402456/9 "2026-05-09T06:23:11Z")

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> [@awesomerobot](#):
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> we recently removed the setting to disable this splash screen

Thanks for confirming! I’m glad I wasn’t misremembering this 😃 As per your suggestion, I will monitor our site’s core web vitals score over the coming weeks to understand the impact of the loading indicator.

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