Blogger is a free blogging platform which is owned by Google. 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..." text at the footer section of your blog, this is called Attribution gadget. Powered by Blogger footer widget

You can remove or hide some of gadgets from appearing in your blog by disabling them or by clicking a remove tab.

But some of gadgets like Attribution gadget have neither a remove tab nor disabling option.


This post is going to share some tricks for removing the Attribution gadget (Powered by Blogger) in your blog.


There are two ways you can use to get rid of a "Powered by Blogger" text in your blog which are;

1. Removing Attribution gadget by enabling a remove option.

2. Hiding Attribution gadget by using CSS.


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: Select "Edit HTML".

Blogger: Edit HTML

Step 4: Search for Attribution1, you can search it by pressing Ctrl + F then type Attribution1 in a search box appears above HTML code area and click enter to search it.

Or you can search it by clicking on "Jump to widget" then select "Attribution1" from the list.

Blogger: Search for Attribution1


Step 5: Look for showaddelement=’false’ (which is located before Attrbution1) and 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 in 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.


Now you've already removed/hidden a Powered by Blogger (Attribution gadget) in your blogger blog.


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