How to Remove the Footer Links in Magento 1.6

By default your Magento 1.6 store will have various links such as “About Us” and “Customer Service” in the footer of your new Magento shopping cart. You can remove these links from the bottom of your Magento 1.6 site using the Magento Admin Backend.

  1. Log into your Magento Admin Backend
  2. Go to CMS ->> Static Blocks
  3. magento_footer_1

  4. Click on the last row labeled “Footer Links”
  5. magento_footer_2

  6. In the “Status field change the setting to “Disabled
  7. magento_footer_3

  8. Click “Save Block

Now, you can as in the screenshots below that the links for the “About Us” and “Customer Service” in the footer that we disabled are removed.

BEFORE: AFTER:
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magento_footer_5

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Carrie Smaha
Carrie Smaha Senior Manager Marketing Operations

Carrie Smaha is a Senior Marketing Operations leader with over 20 years of experience in digital strategy, web development, and IT project management. She specializes in go-to-market programs and SaaS solutions for WordPress and VPS Hosting, working closely with technical teams and customers to deliver high-performance, scalable platforms. At InMotion Hosting, she drives product marketing initiatives that blend strategic insight with technical depth.

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