SharePoint Online, how to disable new “Comments” feature?

Question

Anyone know how to turn this OFF?

I use my own field to track comments in our document approval system, this new feature confuses users.

This icon appears in custom lists:

PS: And what is this?

Answer 1

This is a new feature released by Microsoft and currently rolling out in SharePoint Online tenants.

You can find more details about it at: All you need to know about Commenting in Lists.

Currently it is not possible to disable it at site or list level. But you can disable it at tenant level as given below:

Solution:

You can disable comments in SharePoint online lists using PowerShell.

Use below command:

Set-SPOTenant -CommentsOnListItemsDisabled $true

-CommentsOnListItemsDisabled

Disables or enables commenting functionality on list items. PARAMVALUE: $true | $false

Microsoft documentation: Set-SPOTenant

Note: You must be a SharePoint Administrator or Global Administrator in your tenant to disable this feature using PowerShell.

Reference: How to Enable/Disable the commenting in SharePoint Online/Microsoft Lists