2 simple ways to remove Powered by Blogger (Attribution gadget) from footer

Blogger is one of best blogging platforms. Most of people prefer it because creating a blogger blog is free and easy. Furthermore, with blogger blog you can apply for AdSense without a custom domain. 

If you use a free blogger theme you must find a "Powered by Blogger" and "Theme by..." in the footer section of your blog. This widget is called Attribution gadget. Powered by Blogger footer widget

You can hide a gadgets from appearing on your blog by clicking a pencil icon of a specific gadget and uncheck "Show this widget" and click "save" or you can remove it by clicking "remove". But for some gadgets like "Attribution" you can't remove or disable them since they're locked. 

This post is going to teach you some tricks to remove the Attribution gadget (Powered by Blogger) from your blog footer section.


There are two methods you can use to remove an attribution gadget from your blog,

Method 1: Removing Attribution gadget by enabling a remove option.

Method 2: Hiding Attribution gadget by using CSS.

Now let's dive into these two methods.


1. Removing Attribution gadget by enabling a remove option.

Step 1: Click on Theme.
Blogger: Theme

Step 2: Click a dropdown arrow near a CUSTOMISE button.

Blogger: A dropdown arrow

Step 3: Click on "Edit HTML".

Blogger: Edit HTML

Step 4: Search for Attribution1 in your blog HTML code.

You can search it by pressing Ctrl + F then type Attribution1 in a search box that will pop above HTML code then click enter. Or you can search it by clicking on "Jump to widget" then select "Attribution1" from widget list.

Blogger: Search for Attribution1


Step 5: Look for showaddelement=’false’ (which is located before Attrbution1) then change it to showaddelement=’true’ then change locked=’true’ (which is located after Atribution1) to locked=‘false’.


Before editing the line looks like;

Blogger: Attribution HTML code before enabling remove option

After editing the line must look like;

Blogger: Attribution HTML code after enabling remove option

Step 6: Click Save button.

Step 7: Click on Layout.

Blogger: Layout

Step 8: Click pencil icon on the Attribution gadget.

Blogger: Attribution pencil icon

Step 9: Click REMOVE then click OK.

Blogger: remove Attribution


Step 10: Click Save button at the bottom of the gadgets.

Blogger: Save settings button

2. Hiding Attribution gadget by using CSS.

This method doesn't remove the Attribution gadget but hides it from appearing on your blog.

Step 1: Go to Theme and click CUSTOMISE.

Blogger: CUSTOMISE

Step 2: Click Advanced.

Blogger: CUSTOMISE> Advanced

Step 3: Click a dropdown arrow and select Add CSS.

Blogger: CUSTOMISE>Dropdown arrow

Blogger: CUSTOMISE>Add CSS

Step 4: Paste this code: #Attribution1{display:none;}

Blogger: CUSTOMISE>Paste CSS

Step 5: Click save button at the bottom.


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