# User preference to show/hide Signatures?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-preference-to-show-hide-signatures/307380
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** signatures
**Created:** [May 1, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-preference-to-show-hide-signatures/307380 "2024-05-01T16:30:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Roi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roi)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-preference-to-show-hide-signatures/307380/1 "2024-05-01T16:30:05Z")
> [@Are post Signatures really a thing of the past?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-post-signatures-really-a-thing-of-the-past/307379/1):
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> > We all know forum signatures are [a relic of the past](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-signatures/32906)…
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> Do you have a reference? This is pretty new to me 🙂
Unfortunately people in one of the forums I run are complaining about signatures, too. “This is a thing from the 90s, also many signatures are too heavy and even if not they distract too much from the content of the threads.” In this forum, it’s 50/50. Interesting. We were already thinking about putting the content of the signatures in the “About me” box of the users and turning off signatures for this forum.
Personally I like signatures, also in the year 2024. 😉 But it seems not everybody thinking that way.
Anway, because of this reason I want to ask for a feature request:
Can you introduce a switch in the user profile/settings to turn off signatures? And maybe also a global switch to set a default (on or off).
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-preference-to-show-hide-signatures/307380/2 "2024-05-01T16:49:07Z")
> [@Roi](#):
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> And maybe also a global switch to set a default (on or off).
There is `signatures_visible_by_default` in the plugin’s settings.
> [@Roi](#):
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> Can you introduce a switch in the user profile/settings to turn off signatures?
That is also possible. I think the user setting is located in the user’s preferences in the profile tab.
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### Author:  [@Roi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roi)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-preference-to-show-hide-signatures/307380/3 "2024-05-01T17:41:45Z")
Thank you! 🙂
> [@Moin](#):
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> There is `signatures_visible_by_default` in the plugin’s settings.
I read it but the German version did read different to me, I did not understand it correct.
> [@Moin](#):
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> That is also possible. I think the user setting is located in the user’s preferences in the profile tab.
Found it! Now it all makes sense. Thank you again! 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-preference-to-show-hide-signatures/307380/4 "2024-05-31T17:42:24Z")
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