Looks like this had only come about post last weekends updates... just me or is anyone else seeing this? Futher investigation, it seems this only occurs when the page is set as the Home Page, a non-home page, site page allows me to turn off Comments. VIEW MODE EDIT MODE (NO OPTION TO TURN OFF COMMENTS)

Hi Michael, Site Settings is still there, but now you need to select "Site Information" under the cog, and then the pop out properties panel, which shows you the title and description of the site, has a link to "View all site settings" which takes you to the traditional site settings page. Damian.

same for me. seems like a bugI remember I have already seen a switch to turn off the comments at the botom of the page (in EDIT mode). But currently the switch doesnt show.

Warwick Ward Tomáš Petržilka Thanks for letting us know! Getting on this now. You should be able to turn comments off on a page that is set as the home page. Working on this!

Hi all - upon further inspection that is by design. The thinking being that home pages typically do not have comments. Comments are not lost, if that page is not longer set to the home page the comments will reappear. For now, there will never be comments on the home page. Would love your feedback here! What is your desired behavior? Is there a desire for comments on the home page of a site?

Hi, Alyssa Danesh.Is it possible to disable Comments on Site Pages for a specific site collection with Modern Pages? I've ran into an issue that having this available adds another authentication prompt for guest users when Comments are enabled at the tenant level settings. Fred Y

No option to turn off comments on modern pages in Team Sites

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Alyssa Danesh
Former Employee
Aug 03, 2017
Warwick Ward Tomáš Petržilka

Thanks for letting us know! Getting on this now. You should be able to turn comments off on a page that is set as the home page. Working on this!
- Michael Wells
  Copper Contributor
  Nov 07, 2017
  Hi Alyssa,
  
  Has this yet been resolved. I am still not able to turn comments off my home page.
  
  To achieve this, I have to:
  Ensure page is not set to Homepage,
  Edit page and turn off comments,
  Publish page, and
  Set page as homepage.
  I also lose 'Site Settings', etc. in the Settings Cog when on a modern page. This is also frustrating!
  
  Thanks,
  Michael.
  - Damian Jauregui
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 27, 2017
    Hi Michael,
    
    Site Settings is still there, but now you need to select "Site Information" under the cog, and then the pop out properties panel, which shows you the title and description of the site, has a link to "View all site settings" which takes you to the traditional site settings page.
    
    Damian.
- Kuran Mann
  Copper Contributor
  Oct 17, 2017
  This is still a bug on our homepage. When will this issue be resolved?
  - Alyssa Danesh
    Former Employee
    Nov 06, 2017
    Hi all - upon further inspection that is by design. The thinking being that home pages typically do not have comments. Comments are not lost, if that page is not longer set to the home page the comments will reappear. For now, there will never be comments on the home page.
    
    Would love your feedback here! What is your desired behavior? Is there a desire for comments on the home page of a site?
- Charlie Gonzales
  Copper Contributor
  Aug 08, 2017
  I have a page that's set as the homepage and it doesn't give me the option to turn off comments?
  - Warwick Ward
    Bronze Contributor
    Aug 08, 2017
    Yes works fine until you set the page as the home page, then you loose ability to turn off comments, even if you had already turned it off already
Tomáš Petržilka
Copper Contributor
Aug 02, 2017
same for me. seems like a bug

I remember I have already seen a switch to turn off the comments at the botom of the page (in EDIT mode). But currently the switch doesnt show.

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No option to turn off comments on modern pages in Team Sites

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