Who sees the admin bar

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  ambwebdesign · Member · Jan 13, 2011 at 1:36 pm

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  Hi I’m new to WordPress.com and I have what might be a naive question but please could someone possibly offer an answer.

  The question: who is able to see the admin bar at the top of the website? For instance, is it just whoever has login roles or anyone who has a WordPress.com account or everyone? I would prefer not to have it there at all as I don’t think it looks very profesional but if it’s just for admins and editors, etc. I could live with that.

  Is there a way to disable this feature?

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  markel · Staff · Jan 13, 2011 at 2:18 pm

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  Currently all logged in WordPress.com users will see the admin bar when they visit your site. This can’t be changed.

  It’s the same for sites on WordPress.com VIP hosting – they also show the admin bar. Visit http://techcrunch.com/ while logged in (or any one of a number of sites we host) and you’ll see it there.

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  ambwebdesign · Member · Jan 13, 2011 at 2:43 pm

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  Thank you for your reply. That’s a pity and probably a deal breaker for me I’m afraid.

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  pornstarbabylon · Member · Jan 13, 2011 at 4:37 pm

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  No one can see it except for the owner of the blog or other WordPress.com users who are logged in. I can’t see mine when logged out. I only see it, like now while typing this in the forum, when logged in to my own account.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 13, 2011 at 4:41 pm

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  @swspg
  Why? Would you please be kind enough to share why the display of a nav bar that displays only to you and logged in bloggers who are also hosted by wordpress.com is a “deal breaker” for you?