WooCommerce: Hide “Order Notes” @ Checkout

Here’s a simple PHP snippet to remove the annoying “Order Notes” / “Additional Information” on the checkout page. This section can usually be found below the shipping form (or the billing form if you have no shipping). Thankfully, you just need 1 line of custom PHP!

PHP Snippet: Remove the Order Notes Field and “Order Notes” title from the Checkout Page – WooCommerce

/**
 * @snippet       Remove Order Notes - WooCommerce Checkout
 * @how-to        Get CustomizeWoo.com FREE
 * @author        Rodolfo Melogli
 * @compatible    WooCommerce 5
 * @community     https://businessbloomer.com/club/
 */

add_filter( 'woocommerce_enable_order_notes_field', '__return_false', 9999 );

Where to add custom code?

You should place custom PHP in functions.php and custom CSS in style.css of your child theme: where to place WooCommerce customization?

This code still works, unless you report otherwise. To exclude conflicts, temporarily switch to the Storefront theme, disable all plugins except WooCommerce, and test the snippet again: WooCommerce troubleshooting 101

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Author, WooCommerce expert and WordCamp speaker, Rodolfo has worked as an independent WooCommerce freelancer since 2011. His goal is to help entrepreneurs and developers overcome their WooCommerce nightmares. Rodolfo loves travelling, chasing tennis & soccer balls and, of course, wood fired oven pizza. Follow @rmelogli

39 thoughts on “WooCommerce: Hide “Order Notes” @ Checkout”

Nur Awal
November 1, 2023

I just want to set order note to read only, don’t hide it. Any suggestion?

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  November 7, 2023
  
  Hello Nur, thanks so much for your comment! Yes, this is definitely possible, but I’m afraid it’s custom work. If you’d like to get a quote, feel free to contact me here. Thanks a lot for your understanding!
  
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Chris
August 6, 2022

Great article! How can I remove order notes for non-shipping products? So that it still shows for shipping items but not digital products like courses or downloads?

Thank you!

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  August 9, 2022
  
  Hi Chris, thanks so much for your comment! Yes, this is definitely possible, but I’m afraid it’s custom work. If you’d like to get a quote, feel free to contact me here. Thanks a lot for your understanding!
  
  Reply
Steve
May 31, 2021
Strangely this didn’t work for me.

WP Version: 5.7.2
WOO Version: 5.3.0
PHP Version: 7.4
Theme: Avada (Child)
Theme Version: 7.3.1

After reading the comments I found this line:
```
add_filter( 'woocommerce_enable_order_notes_field', '__return_false' 9999 );
```
which worked no problems.
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1. Steve
  May 31, 2021
  EDIT:
  
  add_filter( 'woocommerce_enable_order_notes_field', '__return_false', 9999 );
  Reply
  1. Rodolfo Melogli
    June 3, 2021
    
    Cool, snippet updated
    
    Reply
Engin
November 25, 2020

Thanks for that Rodolfo, worked perfectly!

Theme: Flatsome (Version: 3.12.3)

Do you have an idea if it is possible not to allow a line break (no ENTER) in the Order Notes?
I have problems exporting the order. The customers should not be able to enter a line break.
Therefore I have hidden the Notes for the time being.

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  November 25, 2020
  
  Hey Engin, thanks so much for your comment! Yes, this is definitely possible, but I’m afraid it’s custom work. If you’d like to get a quote, feel free to contact me here. Thanks a lot for your understanding!
  
  Reply
Andy
September 11, 2020

add_filter( ‘woocommerce_enable_order_notes_field’, ‘__return_false’ );

Stops items from being added to cart in a pop out cart slider in Shoptimizer theme for me.

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  September 21, 2020
  
  Weird. Did you tell Shoptimizer support team?
  
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Yousoof
May 15, 2020

Hi Rodolfo,
How can i hide the order notes if one payment method is selected ?

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  May 26, 2020
  
  Hi Yousoof, thanks so much for your comment! Yes, this is definitely possible, but I’m afraid it’s custom work. If you’d like to get a quote, feel free to contact me here. Thanks a lot for your understanding!
  
  Reply
Luca Spinelli
February 29, 2020

Thanks for that Rodolfo. Still working nel 2020 😀

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  March 2, 2020
  
  Great!
  
  Reply
Relo
January 6, 2020
This is working also for me – WP 5.3.2 + WC 3.8.1:
```
add_filter( 'woocommerce_enable_order_notes_field', '__return_false', 9999 );
```
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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  January 9, 2020
  
  Cool!
  
  Reply
  1. Ignatius
    June 12, 2020
    
    Yeah, this one works for me,
    but the other one provided by post author didn’t work for me.
    Thanks man.
    
    Reply
Noëlle Steegs
July 10, 2019

Hi Rodolfo,

This snippet still works beautifully on:
– WordPress 5.2.2.
– Divi 3.23.3
– WooCommerce 3.6.5
– Flywheel hosting w/ PHP 7.2

Thanks so much!

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  July 16, 2019
  
  Excellent!
  
  Reply
Nathalie Berland
June 25, 2018

it worked! thanks! 😉
Great tutorials. I have added your page to my favorites!

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  June 26, 2018
  
  Awesome, thanks Nathalie 🙂
  
  Reply
Keely Worth
March 24, 2018

Didn’t work for me 🙁

Here’s what I have:
//remove Order Notes Field
add_filter( ‘woocommerce_checkout_fields’ , ‘bbloomer_remove_checkout_order_notes’ );

function bbloomer_remove_checkout_order_notes( $fields ) {
unset($fields[‘order’][‘order_comments’]);
return $fields;
}

// removes Order Notes Title – Additional Information
add_filter( ‘woocommerce_enable_order_notes_field’, ‘__return_false’ );

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  March 24, 2018
  
  Hey Keely, thanks for your comment! Could you try with a different theme and let me know if it works please?
  
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Anon
February 26, 2018

Thanks for great solution,
Still working in feb-2108

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  February 26, 2018
  
  Excellent 🙂
  
  Reply
paaljoachim
December 6, 2017

Code snippet one should say:
Remove the Order Notes field & “Order Notes” title from the Checkout Page – WooCommerce.

Code snippet two should say:
Remove the Order Notes field, “Order Notes” title and “Additional information” title from the Checkout Page – WooCommerce.

There should also be a code snippet three that removes the column. col-2 so that col-1 has a width of 100%. I can do so through CSS but there is probably a better way of handling this.

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  December 6, 2017
  
  Thanks for that Paal 🙂 To hide the shipping column with shipping enabled, CSS is your best bet, as WooCommerce needs to validate those fields. Hope this helps!
  
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  1. Rodolfo Melogli
    December 6, 2017
    
    Now that I think you can also “Force Shipping to Billing address” in the settings – that will remove the col 2 entirely
    
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Rob
October 5, 2017

Hi Rodofo
It would be interesting to see a snippet on you site that:

Hide [order] & [order comments] for all countries – excluding [selected countries or countries in the “zero tax” setting of woocommerce]

Thank you for the great snippet insights you have provided so far

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  October 6, 2017
  
  Thanks Rob! I’ll see what I can do 🙂
  
  Reply
Diego
July 19, 2017

Thank you, worked perfectly!

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  July 19, 2017
  
  Awesome 🙂
  
  Reply
Dragan
July 10, 2017

Is there a way to move order notes above billing info

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  July 11, 2017
  
  Dragan, thanks so much for your comment! Yes, this is possible – but unfortunately this is custom work and I cannot provide a complementary solution here on the blog. Thanks a lot for your understanding! ~R
  
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Natascha
May 24, 2015

Hi Rodolfo
I’ve just tried that. It will remove the field promptly, but not the title ‘Order Notes’ above that. How could be the title removed aswell? Thanks N

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  May 26, 2015
  Natasha, thanks for your feedback. Try use the following snippet and let me know if it works!
  
  add_filter( 'woocommerce_enable_order_notes_field', '__return_false' );
  Reply
  1. Natascha
    May 26, 2015
    
    Hi Rodolfo, works like a charm! Thanks
    
    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli
      May 26, 2015
      
      Awesome 🙂
      
      Reply

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