# Why contacts in products?

**URL:** <https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/why-contacts-in-products/31061>\
**Category:** PM modules\
**Created:** [March 19, 2026, 8:52am UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/why-contacts-in-products/31061 "2026-03-19T08:52:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![gurksallad](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@gurksallad](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/gurksallad)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 8:52am UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/why-contacts-in-products/31061/1 "2026-03-19T08:52:31Z")

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We found this tab after upgrading to 23.0.1. We have no need for it and we don’t even see the purpose.

How do we disable (remove) it?

 ![contacts](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/uploads/dolibarrorg/original/2X/4/49943d96641c1340feaae858fd616bdcc09b7bf9.png)

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**Author:** ![jonbendtsen](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/977dab/32.png) [@jonbendtsen](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/jonbendtsen)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 9:29am UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/why-contacts-in-products/31061/2 "2026-03-19T09:29:14Z")

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It was added in this Pull Request, which doesn’t have any explanation, but I can see if you have a product you buy from a single supplier or sell to a single buyer, then having those contact details on the product can bring value.

> <https://github.com/Dolibarr/dolibarr/pull/35914>

I do not think you can disable or remove it unless you change the code.

You could potentially submit another Pull Request which makes it a setting to show this tab or hide it?

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**Author:** ![gurksallad](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@gurksallad](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/gurksallad)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/why-contacts-in-products/31061/3 "2026-03-20T19:45:30Z")

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The feature can - thankfully - be disabled with MAIN\_DISABLE\_CONTACTS\_TAB = 1.

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**Author:** ![priojk](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/user_avatar/www.dolibarr.org/priojk/32/6121_2.png) [@priojk](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/priojk)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 7:56am UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/why-contacts-in-products/31061/4 "2026-03-23T07:56:19Z")

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Just be aware that this is a global config for all contact tabs.

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**Author:** ![gurksallad](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@gurksallad](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/gurksallad)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 8:08am UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/why-contacts-in-products/31061/5 "2026-03-23T08:08:11Z")

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Ah, fudge. Thanks for pointing that out.

That means we will have to patch the core code, which sucks.

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**Author:** ![gurksallad](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@gurksallad](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/gurksallad)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 8:22am UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/why-contacts-in-products/31061/6 "2026-03-23T08:22:50Z")

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Added and fixed #37575.