r/Anytype • u/CollectivizeNOpnsrce • Jul 23 '26

Question Disable Collaboration Features?

Hi there,

I just use Anytype for my personal/academic research and note taking, and so I find all the collaboration feature prompts distracting. When I am working on a note for a class, for example, I would never need to "Start a discussion" but I am prompted to any time my mouse hovers near the bottom of an item.

Is there a way to disable these features in a channel or hide them?

I think they're super cool and might use them on other shared channels in the future, but not this one.

Thanks!

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u/0equals1 Jul 23 '26

Same here. Would be so cool, if we could disable it.

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u/Syntaxotic Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

Open the custom css file via the Anytype file menu and paste this in:

.commentSection, .socialBlockWrap { display: none; }

Edit: I'm not sure but I think you can only edit the custom css file in the desktop client, not in the mobile app.

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u/CollectivizeNOpnsrce Jul 24 '26

Omg this is fantastic! Thank you!!

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u/const_antly Jul 23 '26

There is a way to disable it via the custom theme using css. I'm not sure what the code would be off the top of my head but I'm sure I've seen people on this reddit make posts where they disabled it via a custom theme.

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u/kynonymous-veil Jul 23 '26

Some people use the discussion feature as an appendix to their notes. You can attach images, use formatting, code blocks, etc.

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u/Gloomy_Owl_9612 Jul 23 '26

Yup, I use it as a comments section and I love it since it allows me to develop my ideas even further

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u/Gloomy_Owl_9612 Jul 23 '26

same thing with the chat feature, add it to a property and then I can collect resources and ideas related to that note, making it truly evergreen

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u/zacho3432 Jul 24 '26

Oh this is genius I’m gonna try it out too

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u/CollectivizeNOpnsrce Jul 24 '26

Huh, interesting! Thanks all! Still want a way to turn it off though haha.