How can we disable or hide the forum module all together?
Oddly enough under Modules, the hide icon is missing!
Just open the mdl_modules table in your database and change the visible value for forums from 1 to 0. This works in 1.5 and 1.6......not sure about higher versions.
Steve
This is brilliant I am so very glad after hours of reading the forums I can across this simple piece of advice. It seems to have worked in 2.2
Thanks x
Hello, I am using moodle 2.9 and have changed the 1 to zero in afd_modules but I am still seeing the "search forums" block in the student screen. Is there a different solution for ver 2.9 please?
That will hide the forums, not the 'Search Forums' block. To hide that, go to Site Admin > Plugins > Blocks > Manage Blocks and click on the eye icon next to the 'Search Forums' block.