[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Turning off the shopping cart or checkout side of my shop ## - **[ChasChuck](/forum/user/43003-chaschuck "View ChasChuck's Profile")** - [![ChasChuck's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/43003-chaschuck "View ChasChuck's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/43003-chaschuck) Less More - Posts: 15 - Thank you received: 0 - - 6 years 7 months ago [\#317244](#317244) by [ChasChuck](/forum/user/43003-chaschuck "View ChasChuck's Profile") *[Turning off the shopping cart or checkout side of my shop](/forum/27-checkout/899493-turning-off-the-shopping-cart-or-checkout-side-of-my-shop#317244 "-- HikaShop version -- : 4.2.3 -- Joomla version -- : 3.9.14 -- PHP version -- : 7.3.13 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Chrome Hello I'd like customers to continue to browse and view the products on my website, but not be able to make any online purchases at this time. What would be the most quick and effective way to do this? Also the easiest way to 'turn back on' the purchasing side of my hikashop once the time comes? Thank you.")* was created by *[ChasChuck](/forum/user/43003-chaschuck "View ChasChuck's Profile")* -- HikaShop version -- : 4.2.3 -- Joomla version -- : 3.9.14 -- PHP version -- : 7.3.13 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Chrome Hello I'd like customers to continue to browse and view the products on my website, but not be able to make any online purchases at this time. What would be the most quick and effective way to do this? Also the easiest way to 'turn back on' the purchasing side of my hikashop once the time comes? Thank you. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI3LWNoZWNrb3V0Lzg5OTQ5My10dXJuaW5nLW9mZi10aGUtc2hvcHBpbmctY2FydC1vci1jaGVja291dC1zaWRlLW9mLW15LXNob3A/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86365 - Thank you received: 14297 - - 6 years 7 months ago [\#317249](#317249) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Turning off the shopping cart or checkout side of my shop](/forum/27-checkout/899493-turning-off-the-shopping-cart-or-checkout-side-of-my-shop#317249 "-- HikaShop version -- : 4.2.3 -- Joomla version -- : 3.9.14 -- PHP version -- : 7.3.13 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Chrome Hello I'd like customers to continue to browse and view the products on my website, but not be able to make any online purchases at this time. What would be the most quick and effective way to do this? Also the easiest way to 'turn back on' the purchasing side of my hikashop once the time comes? Thank you.")* Hi, The simplest is to activate the "catalogue mode" setting of your HikaShop configuration. That will remove all the add to cart buttons from all the products. And to turn it back on, you just have to turn off that setting. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI3LWNoZWNrb3V0Lzg5OTQ5My10dXJuaW5nLW9mZi10aGUtc2hvcHBpbmctY2FydC1vci1jaGVja291dC1zaWRlLW9mLW15LXNob3A/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. Board Categories HikaShop Install & Update Product & Category Display Content Creation Sales and Orders Orders management Reports & Statistics Customers Checkout Payment Methods Shipping Methods Import & Export (CSV, XLS…) Specific Features Affilation Taxes Wishlist Vote Carousel & Slider Mass Actions Filters & Search Discount & Coupon Feature Request Integrations Showcase General Talk about HikaShop Development HikaShop 3.0 Beta Translation Commercial Jobs HikaShop Components HikaMarket Market: Feature requests Market: How to? Market: Bug Report HikaSerial General talk about HikaSerial Serial: Bug Report Serial: How to? Support en Français de HikaSerial (French Support) HikaSubscription HikaAuction Auction: Feature requests Auction: How to? Auction: Bug report Hikashop around the world Support en Français (French Support) Russian FAQ. Курс выживания с Hikashop. Частые вопросы и о Расширения Hikashop Наши сайты на Hikashop 日本語版サポート(Japanese Support) Thai German Archives Bug Report How to? [](/forum/topics/feed/mode-topics?format=feed&type=rss) Time to create page: 0.042 seconds [Powered by](/forum/credits) [Kunena Forum](https://www.kunena.org)