---
title: "How to turn off commenting for specific articles in Drupal 7"
description: "In our last article we showed you how to turn off comments for a specific content type in Drupal 7. We will expand upon this further in this Drupal 7 tutorial by showing you how to disable comments..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/drupal/disable-comments-articles/
date: 2012-07-18
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "Brad Markle"
categories: ["Drupal"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to turn off commenting for specific articles in Drupal 7

In our last article we showed you [how to turn off comments for a specific content type in Drupal 7](/support/edu/drupal/disabling-comments-on-a-specific-content-type-in-drupal-7/). We will expand upon this further in this Drupal 7 tutorial by showing you how to disable comments for individual basic pages and articles.

Please note:
The steps below are very similar for most comment types. For example, whether you want to [disable comments on a blog entry](/support/edu/drupal/how-to-turn-commenting-off-on-blog-entries-in-drupal-7/) or a basic page, the following steps should work for you.

**To disable comments per page:**

1. **Open the page for edit** Whether it be an article or basic page, you’ll need to edit it. To do this, log into your Drupal 7 dashboard and click **Content** at the top. In the list of content, click **edit** next to the item you would like to change commenting settings for.
2. [![disable-comments](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/edu_Drupal_7_Structure_comments_disable-comments.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/edu_Drupal_7_Structure_comments_disable-comments.gif) **Adjust the Comment settings** In the bottom left fo the page, click the link that says Comment settings. From here you can select either:**Open** (allow comments)**Closed** (disable comments). Click the **Save** button at the bottom of the page to save these configuration settings. When comments are allowed When comments are disabled [![comments-allowed](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/edu_Drupal_7_Structure_comments_comments-allowed.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/edu_Drupal_7_Structure_comments_comments-allowed.gif) [![comments-disabled](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/edu_Drupal_7_Structure_comments_comments-disabled.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/edu_Drupal_7_Structure_comments_comments-disabled.gif)