An effective addition to your Odoo ERP environment for controlling notification settings and communication privacy is the Disable Auto Followers module. By default, Odoo adds followers to a variety of business documents, such as purchase orders, sales orders, invoices, and CRM records. These followers can be internal users, like managers or employees, or external parties, like customers or vendors. Although this is supposed to make collaboration easier, it frequently results in pointless alerts, cluttered chat rooms, and even the inadvertent disclosure of private company information to outside parties.
Businesses have complete control over Odoo’s follower mechanism when this module is enabled. Teams can better manage communication by ensuring that no user is automatically subscribed to a document’s chatter unless done manually. This is particularly useful for businesses that offer online updation services, need to maintain confidential internal discussions, or want to streamline live chat support by eliminating irrelevant chatter. Ultimately, this module helps create a cleaner, more secure, and focused communication flow, while still giving users the freedom to add followers when necessary.
What Makes It Stand Out
- Disable Auto-Followers: Automatically prevent customers or vendors from being added as followers
- Model-Specific Control: Choose specific models like Sales Order or Purchase Order to apply the rule
- Boolean Toggle Setup: Enable with a simple checkbox from system settings
- Manual Follower Control: Add followers manually with email notification control
- Cleaner Chatter Logs: Keep chatter internal, organized, and clear
- Seamless Backend Integration: Works natively inside Odoo without extra dependencies
Detailed Features
- When enabled, the module prevents external contacts (customers or vendors) from being automatically subscribed to document threads. This is especially useful in chat services for businesses that want to maintain internal focus.
- The app adds a new section under Odoo’s general settings titled “Disable/Restrict to add Followers.”
Here, you will find:
Restrict Followers: A boolean field to globally enable the feature
Disable Followers Model: A model selection field where you can specify document types (e.g., sale.order) to restrict auto-followers - If the restriction is enabled and the document model is selected, followers are suppressed only during auto-creation. Manual additions still work via Odoo’s standard interface.
Conclusion
The Disable Auto Followers module by Reliution is a simple yet powerful solution for Odoo ERP users, giving businesses complete control over who gets added as a follower in document threads. By preventing unnecessary auto-subscriptions, it helps reduce clutter, protect sensitive information, and maintain a focused communication flow. At the same time, it allows manual follower additions with customizable notifications, ensuring flexibility.
Ideal for companies managing online chat services, internal discussions, or customer support workflows, this module streamlines chatter, improves privacy, and enhances overall efficiency—without any code changes. Rely on Reliution for innovative, seamless Odoo solutions that enhance your ERP operations and empower your team to achieve more.
