Can I disable likes without erasing the history?

[Susan Ostreicher]

I'd like to disable the like button to encourage users to provide feedback through a different channel. However, I'd like to have the option to enable likes in the future and still  see who liked which pages before it was disabled. Is this possible? 

[Diego · Accepted solution]

Hello there Susan!
If you are running Confluence Server, you can disable the Confluence Like Plugin:

1- Click the Cog Icon
2- Select Add-ons
3- Search for Confluence Like Plugin
4- Disable the plugin

You will be able to enable this plugin again in the future if need be. To check the likes for a given page, you will need to enable the plugin first.

For Confluence Cloud you can hide the like feature by inserting this:

{style}#likes-section{display:none;}{style}

by going into the General Configuration, finding the Sidebar, Header, and Footer link and copying this text there.

Hope this helps you out!

[Susan Ostreicher]

Thanks, Diego. To clarify, are you saying that when I enable the plugin again, the likes from before it was disabled will still be visible?

[Diego]

Hello Susan!

Yes, I have tested disabling and enabling the plugin and the Likes were present after that!

[Susan Ostreicher]

Perfect, that's what I needed to know. Thank you!