diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index b3ce00b14b70..4a5e5e1c0e57 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -343,10 +343,10 @@ scholar:
 # Display different badges withs stats for your publications
 # Customize badge behavior in _layouts/bib.liquid
 enable_publication_badges:
-  altmetric: true # Altmetric badge (Customization options: https://badge-docs.altmetric.com/index.html)
-  dimensions: true # Dimensions badge (Customization options: https://badge.dimensions.ai/)
+  altmetric: false # Altmetric badge (Customization options: https://badge-docs.altmetric.com/index.html)
+  dimensions: false # Dimensions badge (Customization options: https://badge.dimensions.ai/)
   google_scholar: true # Google Scholar badge (https://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar/citations.html)
-  inspirehep: true # Inspire HEP badge (https://help.inspirehep.net/knowledge-base/citation-metrics/)
+  inspirehep: false # Inspire HEP badge (https://help.inspirehep.net/knowledge-base/citation-metrics/)
 
 # Filter out certain bibtex entry keywords used internally from the bib output
 filtered_bibtex_keywords:
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ enable_darkmode: true # enables switching between light/dark modes
 enable_navbar_social: true # enables displaying social links in the navbar on the about page
 enable_project_categories: true # enables categorization of projects into multiple categories
 enable_medium_zoom: true # enables image zoom feature (as on medium.com)
-enable_progressbar: true # enables a horizontal progress bar linked to the vertical scroll position
+enable_progressbar: false # enables a horizontal progress bar linked to the vertical scroll position
 enable_video_embedding: true # enables video embedding for bibtex entries. If false, the button opens the video link in a new window.
 
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