Magento. How to remove Orders and Returns link (starting from template 55000+)

Hello! This tutorial shows how to remove Orders and Returns link in Magento templates (starting from template 55000+).

Magento. How to remove Orders and Returns link (starting from template 55000+)

There is an Orders and Returns link in the footer area of your Magento store that you may want to remove:

Let’s learn how to do that.

1. Using your FTP/hosting control panel File Manager navigate to /app/design/frontend/tm_themes/themeXXX/layout/ directory and locate the local.xml file:

   

2. Open the file for editing and locate the “return_link” text using CTRL+F/CMND+F key (Windows OS/Mac OS):

   

3. Remove/comment out the following block of code in the file:

<reference name="footer_links">
<action method="setTitle"><title></title></action>
<block type="sales/guest_links" name="return_link"/>
<action method="addLinkBlock"><blockName>return_link</blockName></action>
<action method="addLink" translate="label title" after="return_link" module="contacts" ifconfig="contacts/contacts/enabled"><label>Contact Us</label><url>contacts</url><title>Contact Us</title><prepare>true</prepare></action>
</reference>

The commented out code will look as follows:

<!--<reference name="footer_links">
<action method="setTitle"><title></title></action>
<block type="sales/guest_links" name="return_link"/>
<action method="addLinkBlock"><blockName>return_link</blockName></action>
<action method="addLink" translate="label title" after="return_link" module="contacts" ifconfig="contacts/contacts/enabled"><label>Contact Us</label><url>contacts</url><title>Contact Us</title><prepare>true</prepare></action>
</reference>-->

Make sure to save the file to apply changes:

Navigate to your store front-end and refresh the page.

You can see the Orders and Returns link is no longer displayed in the footer:

This is the end of the tutorial. You have learnt how to remove Orders and Returns link in your Magento template.

Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:

Magento. How to remove Orders and Returns link (starting from template 55000+)