Do you remove ‘My Site’ and ‘My Profile’ if you are not using them?

My Site and My Profile are great but if you are not using them, it makes sense to remove them:

Figure: Links need to be hidden

You can follow below steps to hide “My Site” and “My Profile”. There are a few options, based on what you need to do:

Delete the association (not recommended)

1. Going to Central Admin | Application Management | Service Applications | Configure service application associations, and choose “default” link:

❌ Figure: Bad example - Choose “default” link

1. Uncheck the “User Profile Service Application” in the opened page, then click “OK”:

❌ Figure: Bad example - Uncheck the association for "User Profile Service"

Customize permissions for only some people to have access to create personal site

You can remove it for most people - but leave it for only some users.

1. Go to Central Admin | Application Management | Service Applications | Manage service applications, and click the link of “User Profile Service Application”, navigate to its manage page:

🙂 Figure: OK example - “User Profile Service Application” manage page

1. Click People | Manage User Permissions, you can customize the user profile permission for specific users:

🙂 Figure: OK example - Customize "User Profile Permissions"

Delete the service (recommended if you don't need the service at all in your farm)

Note: You can always create it later if you need it in the future.

1. Go to Central Admin | Application Management | Service Applications | Manage service applications, and select “User Profile Service Application”, then click the “Delete” button on the ribbon:

✅ Figure: Good example - Delete "User Profile Service"