How to remove Gravatar from Username column

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1. Since there is no special avatar column to unset (the avatars are inside the username column), you could try instead to hide the avatars via css:

   function hide_avatars_wpse_94126() {
       if(!current_user_can('manage_options')){
           // hide only for non-admins
           echo "<style>.users td.username img.avatar{display:none !important;}</style>";
       }
   }
   add_action('admin_head-users.php','hide_avatars_wpse_94126');
   

   where they are hidden for non-admins.

   The result will be like this:

   

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2. 1. You have to filter pre_option_show_avatars and return something that evaluates to FALSE but isn’t FALSE. Let’s say a 0.
   2. You should restrict that filter to user list pages.
      • In a single-site the proper action is restrict_manage_users.
      • In a network management screen that could be restrict_manage_users-network, but that doesn’t work, so we use the filter wpmu_users_columns and return whatever we get here.

   Result:

   add_filter( 'wpmu_users_columns', 'no_avatars_in_user_list' );
   add_action( 'restrict_manage_users', 'no_avatars_in_user_list' );
   
   function no_avatars_in_user_list( $in = NULL )
   {
       add_filter( 'pre_option_show_avatars', '__return_zero' );
       return $in;
   }
   

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3. There seems to be a filter for the get_avatar function. So I just output an empty string to it.

   function remove_avatar_from_users_list( $avatar ) {
       if (is_admin()) {
           global $current_screen; 
           if ( $current_screen->base == 'users' ) {
               $avatar = '';
           }
       }
       return $avatar;
   }
   add_filter( 'get_avatar', 'remove_avatar_from_users_list' );
   

   UPDATE: Restrict to ‘All Users‘ page only.

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4. This is an old thread, but just in case someone else needs it: starting in version 4.2, you can use the pre_get_avatar filter to bypass pulling the actual avatar and just sending back an empty string.

   add_filter( 'pre_get_avatar', 'rkv_remove_avatar_from_list', 10, 3 );
   /**
    * Remove the avatar from just the user list.
    *
    * @param string $avatar       HTML for the user's avatar. Default null.
    * @param mixed  $id_or_email  The Gravatar to retrieve. Accepts a user_id, gravatar md5 hash,
    *                             user email, WP_User object, WP_Post object, or WP_Comment object.
    * @param array  $args         Arguments passed to get_avatar_url(), after processing.
    *
    * @return string              An empty string.
    */
   function rkv_remove_avatar_from_list( $avatar, $id_or_email, $args ) {
   
       // Do our normal thing on non-admin or our screen function is missing.
       if ( ! is_admin() || ! function_exists( 'get_current_screen' ) ) {
           return $avatar;
       }
   
       // Get my current screen.
       $screen = get_current_screen();
   
       // Bail without the object.
       if ( empty( $screen ) || ! is_object( $screen ) || empty( $screen->base ) || 'users' !== $screen->base ) {
           return $avatar;
       }
   
       // Return an empty string.
       return '';
   }
   

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