How to remove search bar from a wordpress theme?

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1. If the search field is implemented as a widget, this can be done via the administration interface. Just navigate to Appearance > Widgets and drag the search widget from the widget area to the “Available Widgets” pane.

   If the search field is hard-coded into the theme, it might be easier to edit the CSS rather than the HTML and PHP. Here’s how:

   • Use Firebug or a similar tool to locate the DIV element containing the search code.
   • In the theme’s CSS file (probably style.css), add display: none to that DIV. That’s it!

   This is a minimally invasive approach. If you ever want to re-enable the search bar, just remove the display: none statement from your CSS.

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2. 1. Try to locate the HTML representing the search bar.

   2. Then find in which theme files it resides (it may be defined in multiple files – single.php, page.php,..)

   3. Remove the markup including the php call from all the files.

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3. You can find it at header.php and just delete it or use CSS attribute “display:none”. get_search_form() method represents Search Bar.

   <?php
   // Has the text been hidden?
   if ( 'blank' == get_header_textcolor() ) : ?>
   
       <div class="only-search<?php if ( $header_image ) : ?> with-image<?php endif; ?>">
       <?php get_search_form(); ?>
       </div>
       <?php
           else :
       ?>
       <?php get_search_form(); ?>
   <?php endif; ?>
   

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