---
title: "How to disable popups on a layer"
description: "Set the Popup type to None so clicks on a layer's features open no popup. Your saved popup settings stay, and you can turn popups back on later."
sidebar:
  label: "Disable popups on a layer"
---

When `Popup type: None` is selected, viewers see the features but clicks open no popup. Hover popups also stay off. Open the layer's `Popup` tab and set `Type` to `None`. This hides the popup without deleting its saved configuration; if you later switch back to `Default`, `Custom`, or `Calculator`, the saved settings are still there unless you reset them.

**[See it on an example map](https://mangomap-staging.com/examples-staging/maps/v3x5ki1y/singapore-popup-studio)**

Open the Singapore Popup Studio. In the legend, turn on `Sites — No Popup` and turn off `Sites — Custom Template`. Click a site. No popup opens.

## Before you start

- The layer must be a vector layer (point, line, or polygon). Raster and WMS layers don't have a Popup tab — popups are inherently disabled for those.
- Disabling popups doesn't hide the layer or its features. The features still draw, get styled, and respond to filters; they don't open a popup on click.

## Open the Popup tab

In the layer panel, select the layer. Click the `Popup` tab.

## Set Type to None

In the `Type` dropdown, select `None`. The tab then shows only the type selector.

<img src="/_assets/configuring-popups/disable-popup--none.png" alt="Popup section of the Sites — No Popup layer, with Type set to None and no Title field or other popup settings" width="1600" height="960" />

The change saves automatically when you pick a new type — there's no separate save button on this path.

## If you want to re-enable popups later

Pick a different value from the `Type` dropdown (`Default`, `Custom`, or `Calculator`).

## If your layer should still respond to clicks

`None` removes the popup but the layer still works with filters, selection, and styling. If you need a layer that's truly non-interactive, the closest alternative is to use it as a basemap layer rather than a regular vector layer.

## Related

- [Popup tab controls](/docs/configuring-popups/popup-reference)
- [How popups work in MangoMap](/docs/configuring-popups/concepts-popups)
- [How to use the default popup](/docs/configuring-popups/use-default-popup)