{"id":57276,"date":"2015-11-18T06:18:33","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T11:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=57276"},"modified":"2017-08-24T05:34:01","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T09:34:01","slug":"magento-how-to-disable-specials-block-on-home-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/magento-how-to-disable-specials-block-on-home-page.html","title":{"rendered":"Magento. How to disable &#8220;Specials&#8221; block on home page"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<p>This tutorial provides an explanation of how to disable <strong>&#8220;Specials&#8221;<\/strong> block on home page in Magento.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gEewwwvWMNY?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">Magento. How to disable &#8220;Specials&#8221; block on home page<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Usually <strong>&#8220;Specials&#8221;<\/strong> block is displayed using a widget. In order to disable it, you need to perform the following steps:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Log into your Magento admin panel and navigate to <strong>CMS -> Widgets<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Locate the <strong>Specials (Sale)<\/strong> widget and click on it:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Navigate_to_CMS_Widgets_Specials_widget.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Navigate_to_CMS_Widgets_Specials_widget-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"Navigate_to_CMS_Widgets_Specials_widget\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-57278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Navigate_to_CMS_Widgets_Specials_widget-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Navigate_to_CMS_Widgets_Specials_widget-150x81.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Navigate_to_CMS_Widgets_Specials_widget-1024x553.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Navigate_to_CMS_Widgets_Specials_widget.jpg 1277w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>There are two basic ways of how to disable it:\r\n\t\t<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>The first way is to simply delete it by clicking on the <strong>Delete<\/strong> button at the top:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Delete_Specials_widget.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Delete_Specials_widget-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Delete_Specials_widget\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-57279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Delete_Specials_widget-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Delete_Specials_widget-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Delete_Specials_widget-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Delete_Specials_widget.jpg 1277w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>The second way is to remove it from the layout of the home page. Let&#8217;s proceed with this way.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Scroll down and locate the <strong>Layout Updates<\/strong> section. It specifies the page and area on it where the widget will be displayed.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>In order to disable the widget, click on the <strong>Remove Layout Update<\/strong> button.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Press the <strong>Save<\/strong> button to save your changes:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Remove_Layout_Update_and_Save_changes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Remove_Layout_Update_and_Save_changes-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Remove_Layout_Update_and_Save_changes\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-57280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Remove_Layout_Update_and_Save_changes-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Remove_Layout_Update_and_Save_changes-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Remove_Layout_Update_and_Save_changes-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Remove_Layout_Update_and_Save_changes.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Refresh your website to check the changes. The <strong>Specials<\/strong> block has been disabled.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p>\r\n\tAlso, in older templates <strong>&#8220;Specials&#8221;<\/strong> block can be set in the code under <strong>CMS -> Pages -> Home page -> Design tab -> Layout Update XML field<\/strong>.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>In this case you can disable it likewise the <strong>New products<\/strong> block described in the following tutorial: <a href=\"\/help\/magento-how-to-disable-new-products-block-on-home-page.html\" target=\"_blank\">Magento. How to disable &#8220;New products&#8221; block on home page<\/a>.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Now you know how to disable <strong>&#8220;Specials&#8221;<\/strong> block on home page in Magento.<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"inline-banner\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/service-center\/\">\r\n<img src=\"\/help\/files\/banners\/inline\/Banner-2-(835-x100).jpg\"\/>\r\n<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p>Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gEewwwvWMNY?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">Magento. 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