[Steve English]

Originally Posted by MarkFL

Rather than hack your template (which you would have to do for all parent styles), vBulletin has given you a way to remove the search bar. If you notice the HTML that adds the bar is already wrapped in a template conditional using a setting.

So, all you have to do to remove the search bar is follow:

AdminCP -> Settings -> Options -> Message Searching Options

and set the first option labelled "Search Engine Enabled" to "No"...this way you can add it back later simply by changing this option back to "Yes" whenever you want, without having to edit or revert any templates. Easy Peasy!

Thanks Mark - I could not "like" the post but wanted to acknowledge you.