How to hide the Network tab from User profiles in Confluence
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Note that this KB was created for the Data Center version of the product. Data Center KBs for non-Data-Center-specific features may also work for Server versions of the product, however they have not been tested. Support for Server* products ended on February 15th 2024. If you are running a Server product, you can visit the Atlassian Server end of support announcement to review your migration options.
*Except Fisheye and Crucible
Summary
The Network Overview allows you to Create a network of users who are important to you, to make sure you're always up-to-date with their Confluence activity. You might want to follow your boss or teammates, to see what they're working on, or whoever creates the most entertaining blog posts. If you need to disable the Network tab from user profiles menu you may do so by using JavaScript.
Solution
Navigate to Confluence Administration page >> Custom HTML.
Click Edit.
Add the following Javascript toAt the beginning of the BODY section and click Save:
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<script>
AJS.toInit(function() {
AJS.$( ".pagebody.user-profile a:contains('Network')" ).parent('li').hide();
AJS.$( "#user-menu-link-user-content a:contains('Network')" ).parent('li').hide();
});
</script> We have a feature request created for the same: CONFSERVER-16032 - Allow disabling of social features "Network" and "Follow" in Confluence
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