The footer is the bottom section of your site, below your page content. This is often where visitors look first for contact information, social icons, FAQ, and links to important information.
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Before you begin
- If your template has "Made with Squarespace" or "Powered by Squarespace" text in the footer, visit Removing "Made with Squarespace" from your site to remove or edit it.
- If your footer doesn't have any content, an empty Text Block may appear as a placeholder. It can't be removed, but it won't be publicly visible.
- It's not possible to move blocks between footers and page content areas.
Add content to the footer
When you add content to the site footer, it appears on all pages of your site. To edit your footer:
- Click Edit on any page, then hover over the footer area and click Edit Footer.
- To add blocks, click an insert point. For detailed steps, visit Adding content with blocks.
- To add sections, click +.
- To style any section, click the pencil icon.
- When you've completed your footer layout, hover over Done and click Save.
- Hover over the footer area and click Edit in the annotation.
- To add blocks, click an insert point or the +. For detailed steps, visit Adding content with blocks.
- When you've completed your footer layout, click Save.
Keep in mind:
- In some templates, you can only add one column of blocks to the footer.
- Footer content doesn’t transfer between templates. To learn more, visit Switching templates FAQ.
Pre-footers
The Bedford and Pacific template families have an optional second site-wide footer, called a "pre-footer,” which displays above the footer area and footer navigation links.
Hover over the pre-footer area and click Edit in the annotation, then use the same steps for adding blocks to a footer. Keep in mind:
- If you remove all content from the pre-footer, it won't display to visitors, but you'll see the space for it when you're logged in and editing your site.
- You can give the pre-footer unique font styling and its own background color in Site Styles.
Page footers
Some templates have an additional option for page-specific footers called page footers. Page footers only appear on the page where you added them, not site-wide, making them ideal for small amounts of page-specific content.
Page footers are available in these template families:
- Avenue
- Five
- Montauk
Footer options by template
Here's how the footer displays in these template families:
Template family | Display |
Adirondack |
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Avenue |
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Aviator |
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Bedford |
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Brine |
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Farro |
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Five |
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Flatiron |
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Forte |
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Galapagos |
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Ishimoto |
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Momentum |
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Montauk |
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Native |
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Pacific |
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Skye |
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Supply |
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Tremont |
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Wells |
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Wexley |
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York |
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Common footer blocks
Some popular blocks for footers are:
- Text Blocks - Add any custom text. This is useful for adding an address, copyright, or a text link.
- Social Links Blocks - Add icons that link to your social media profiles.
- Newsletter Block - Add a newsletter subscription form.
- Button Block - Add a call-to-action for people who've reached the end of your content.
Tip: To add a symbol to your footer, like a copyright or telephone symbol, follow our steps for adding special characters.
Hide the footer
How you hide the footer depends on your site's version.
If you don't want a footer on your site, you can delete it:
- Click Edit on any page, then hover over the footer area and click Edit Footer.
- Hover over the footer and click the trash can icon.
- Hover over Done and click Save. After saving, the footer can't be restored.
- Brine - Uncheck Show Footer
- Montauk (Info Footer only) - Check Hide Info Footer
- Tremont - Uncheck Show Footer
- York - Uncheck Show Global Site Footer
To hide the footer in all other template families, leave the footer content area empty.
Mobile display
All Squarespace sites stack content on mobile. If your footer has multiple blocks, this might cause all blocks to stack vertically on mobile. While you build your footer, we recommend testing the mobile version of your site.
For more details, visit Page and block layout changes on mobile devices.