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No Front-End UI to Disable Ticket Creation in Zendesk

Learn why there's no front-end UI option to disable ticket creation in Zendesk Help Center and how to hide it using HTML template edits.

Is there a front-end UI option to disable ticket creation in Zendesk?

Currently, there is no front-end UI option to disable ticket creation in Zendesk Help Center. The process requires editing the HTML templates of your theme.

If you're using the Copenhagen theme or a custom theme, you'll need to manually remove the placeholders for ticket creation links from the Header and Article page templates. This is the only way to hide the ticket creation option from users without a direct UI setting.


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