SharePoint 2010 How to Disable My Links & My Profile Link

This is graphical guidelines to disable My Site or My Profile link in a portal.

1. Open Central Administration , and click on “Manage service applications”.

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2. Open Central Administration , and click on “Manage service applications”.

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3. Click on “Manage User Permissions”.

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4. Remove “Use Personal Features” permission for the Groups/Users.

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5. If you can’t see the new rules being reflected in the site. You can restart “User Profile Service”

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6. And now, the users will not be able to see My Site / My Profiles link.

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