Remove basic settings and other fields from Joomla frontend user profile

By default, the Joomla 5 user frontend shows "Basic Settings" and has the option to "Edit Profile"

In the next steps, we will hide some of these fields from the user frontend

Remove basic settings from Joomla user profiles

Basic settings can be removed from the frontend by turning off "Frontend User Parameters" in Global Configuration

System - Global Configuration - Users - User Options
Frontend User Parameters: Hide

Remove Passkey Login option

Disable the Passkey Login option for users by changing the Passkey Login plugin permissions

System - Plugins
System - Passkey (Passwordless) Login
Access - Super Users

Remove fields from edit your profile

Now let's have a look at how to remove certain fields from Edit your profile in the frontend

Remove User Actions Log Options

Remove User Actions Log Options from the frontend by changing the User Actions Log plugin permissions.

Changing the permissions will stop users from seeing this option in the frontend but won’t stop Super Users from viewing the User Actions Log

System - Plugins
System - User Actions Log
Access - Super Users

Remove Joomla API Token options

Again, we are changing the plugin permissions so that Super Users can see the Joomla API Token options, but registered users cant

System - Plugins
API Authentication - Web Services Joomla Token
Access - Super Users