Friday, January 4, 2013

How To Remove Default Share Buttons From Blogger Blog

Author: Gagan Masoun
How To Remove Default Share Buttons From Blogger Blog
Blogger has share buttons widget b default that can be placed at the top or bottom of all your blog posts. It contains 5 options for readers to Email your posts and share on Blogger blogs, Facebook, Twitter and Google 1+. But most of blogger love to use other "Social Sharing Widgets" such as AddThis or Sharethis.

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One of my Facebook friend (Blogger) asked :

"How can I remove the default share buttons from my blogger blog. I have tried to remove them by clicking on edit option on blog posts and then not checking the show share buttons option. But it does not work. Is there any other solution"

Answer: Yes, you can easily remove these default sharing buttons by editing blogger template. In this tutorial below I'm going to share "How To Remove Default Share Buttons From Blogger Blog", but first I will show you the default method.

How To Remove The Blogger Share Buttons

Trick 1. Go to Blogger Dashboard click the 'Layout' > On the Layout page click the small 'Edit Link' in the bottom right corner of the blog posts section. This will show a pop up window from which you can find and Un-Check the Share Buttons as shown below.

Remove The Blogger Share Buttons

Trick 2. If first trick not working then you will have to replace the code for the share buttons from your template HTML with given below code. This trick provided by our lovely reader "Beben Koben". Follow the given below steps:
  • Go To Blogger Dashboard >> Template >> Edit HTML >> Proceed >> Tick the 'Expand Widget Templates' box.
  • Now, Press Ctrl+F and Search For Given Code.
<b:include data='post' name='shareButtons'/>
  • Just Replace The Code You Just Found With Given Below Code and Save Your Template.
<!-- <b:include data='post' name='shareButtons'/> -->
  • It's All Done..!!!
Trick 3. If first and second trick also not working then you will have to remove the code for the share buttons from your template HTML. Follow the given below steps:
  • Go To Blogger Dashboard >> Template >> Edit HTML >> Proceed >> Tick the 'Expand Widget Templates' box.
  • Now, Press Ctrl+F and Search For Given Code.
<b:include data='post' name='shareButtons'/>
  • Just Remove Code You Just Found and Save Your Template.
  • It's All Done..!!!
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Author
Author - Gagan Masoun is the owner of Blogs Daddy Blog.Gagan lives in India, has been blogging since 2010 and writing Blogs Daddy Blog since 2011.You can find him in the usual social networks.

6 comments:

  1. I think the smart way, do not removed the code.
    Just do it:
    <!-- <b:include data='post' name='shareButtons'/> -->
    Cheers^^

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    1. Wow, @Beben this is also a great way to hide the default sharing buttons. I'm going to add this tip in this article also :)

      Thanks
      Gagan Masoun

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    2. yeah, this is hide way, not removed :D

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    3. Yeah, I understand @Beben, One again thanks for this trick. :)

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  2. how do you ensure that the default share buttons share your post using post titles and not blog title?

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    1. Hello Elijahforce,

      They created by Blogger's team officially, sometimes they irritate bloggers and readers also. So, they want to remove them. Mostly these buttons share your blog title. There are some limitations :(

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