I'm trying to remove "recently viewed" from the home page, but I don't know where the block is called. I tried to delete reports.xml
but the block stayed there. Then I tried to delete all the code in home_product_viewed.phtml
and it worked, but I don't want to delete the code. I only want to delete the call to that file but I don't know where that file is called.
<reference name="right"> <action method="unsetChild"><alias>right.reports.product.viewed</alias></action> </reference>
To remove it from only the home page, I would do this. Go to your /app/design/frontend/packagename/themename/layout/local.xml and edit it like this:
<layout>
<cms_index_index>
<remove name="right.reports.product.viewed" />
</cms_index_index>
</layout>
To verify your packagname and themename, go in to admin - System - Configuration - Design. There may already be other code inside of the layout tag which you should leave there!
This worked for me -> Using left below not right.reports.product.viewed. Custom Layout Update
<reference name="right">
<action method="unsetChild"><alias>left.reports.product.viewed</alias></action>
</reference>