diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 32be2774ab..4e7f3fd245 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -344,6 +344,13 @@ For example, to render a link to an account of user `john.doe` at platform `devi
 - The `user_url` is rendered as given without handling any special characters within.
 
 
+### Hiding parts from the footer
+
+- You can hide the feed part from the footer by setting `site.minima.hide_feed_from_footer` to `true` in `_config.yml`.
+- You can hide the author part from the footer by setting `site.minima.hide_author_from_footer` to `true` in `_config.yml`.
+- You can hide the description part from the footer by setting `site.minima.hide_description_from_footer` to `true` in `_config.yml`.
+
+
 ### Enabling Google Analytics
 
 To enable Google Analytics, add the following lines to your Jekyll site:
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 3a8172e60a..4e5b15b730 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ description: >
 # If you clone the Minima repo and build locally, use this setting.
 theme: minima
 
-# As of November 2023, GitHub Pages still uses Minima 2.5.1 (https://pages.github.com/versions/). 
-# If you want to use the latest Minima version on GitHub Pages, use the following setting and 
+# As of November 2023, GitHub Pages still uses Minima 2.5.1 (https://pages.github.com/versions/).
+# If you want to use the latest Minima version on GitHub Pages, use the following setting and
 # add a line comment on "theme: minima" above.
 #remote_theme: jekyll/minima
 
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ minima:
   # solarized-dark	   Dark variant of solarized color scheme.
   # solarized	         Adaptive skin for solarized color scheme skins.
   skin: classic
-  
+
   # Minima date format.
-  # The default value is "%b %d, %Y" (e.g. Nov 14, 2023) 
+  # The default value is "%b %d, %Y" (e.g. Nov 14, 2023)
   # Refer to https://shopify.github.io/liquid/filters/date/ if you want to customize this.
   #date_format: "%b-%d-%Y"
 
@@ -71,4 +71,7 @@ minima:
   #  - { platform: x,              user_url: "https://x.com/jekyllrb" }
   #  - { platform: youtube,        user_url: "https://www.youtube.com/jekyll" }
 
-
+  # Hide parts from footer.
+  # hide_feed_from_footer: true
+  # hide_author_from_footer: true
+  # hide_description_from_footer: true
diff --git a/_includes/footer.html b/_includes/footer.html
index f81886ff94..82555c2d66 100644
--- a/_includes/footer.html
+++ b/_includes/footer.html
@@ -5,14 +5,18 @@
 
     <div class="footer-col-wrapper">
       <div class="footer-col">
+      {%- assign feed_path = site.feed.path | default: 'feed.xml' %}
+      {%- assign found_feed_paths = site.pages | where: 'path', feed_path %}
+      {%- if found_feed_paths.size > 0 and site.minima.hide_feed_from_footer != true %}
         <p class="feed-subscribe">
-          <a href="{{ site.feed.path | default: 'feed.xml' | absolute_url }}">
+          <a href="{{ feed_path | absolute_url }}">
             <svg class="svg-icon orange">
               <use xlink:href="{{ 'assets/minima-social-icons.svg#rss' | relative_url }}"></use>
             </svg><span>Subscribe</span>
           </a>
         </p>
-      {%- if site.author %}
+      {%- endif %}
+      {%- if site.author and site.minima.hide_author_from_footer != true %}
         <ul class="contact-list">
           {% if site.author.name -%}
             <li class="p-name">{{ site.author.name | escape }}</li>
@@ -23,9 +27,11 @@
         </ul>
       {%- endif %}
       </div>
-      <div class="footer-col">
-        <p>{{ site.description | escape }}</p>
-      </div>
+      {%- if site.description and site.minima.hide_description_from_footer != true %}
+        <div class="footer-col">
+          <p>{{ site.description | escape }}</p>
+        </div>
+      {%- endif }
     </div>
 
     <div class="social-links">