Account Linking Extension - Documentation Clarity

[emurphy]

Attempting to use the Link Account Extension, and have a question about hiding Sign Up.

To prevent this, we send a query parameter to let the login page know that it should hide the Sign Up option. For this query parameter to take effect, however, you must customize the login page.

1. Go to Auth0 Dashboard > Branding > Universal Login, and select the Login view.
2. Enable the Customize Login Page switch to enable the custom editor below. In the editor, we’re going to add a new line to the Lock config.
3. Toward the bottom of the object configuring the Lock widget, add the following line (after the closable setting): allowSignUp: !config.extraParams.prevent_sign_up,

Account Link Extension

There is no Lock config in the Universal Login HTML. How do I hide the sign up link when account linking is in play? Also, this same page mentions that,

Hiding the Signup link is not supported in the Universal Login Experience.

But the tutorial is all about the setting this up for Universal Login. Can you provide guidance?

[tudor.smeu]

Hello @emurphy,

It is not possible to hide the Sign Up button right off the bat when using the New Universal Login. Still, it may be doable and the following Knowledge Solution should make the issue clear for you:

Hide the Sign Up Link Conditionally when Using the New Universal Login

Overview This article clarifies whether the sign-up link can be hidden conditionally when using the New Universal Login. Applies To Custom Parameter: Use a custom parameter in the URL or request. Conditional Logic: Based on the value of this custom parameter, conditionally hide the sign-up link. Solution There is no out-of-the-box way of conditionally hiding the Sign Up link on the New Universal Login page. However, it may still be doable with custom domain and page templates, but there is a …

I hope this was helpful and if you have other questions please don’t hesitate to ask.

Thank you,
Tudor