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With version 6.1, LibreOffice now incorporates a distracting nag bar/infobar to interfere with the user interface while requesting that users "Get Involved" and "Donate" (presumably on the theory that people will donate, then keep donating each time the reminder pops up?).

How can I eliminate this behavior permanently?

Answers arguing that the ad-ware belongs in LibreOffice are unwelcome. Please take that to some other forum.

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How to eliminate this behavior permanently?

Within LibreOffice, view the Open Expert Configuration¹ and search for LastTime. Change the values of LastTimeGetInvolvedShown and LastTimeDonateShown to the maximum allowed value of 2147483646.

The value is a UNIX timestamp of when the infobar was last shown.

Source: Get Involved - Infobar

¹ To find this, select menu - Tools/Options, and in the Options dialog, navigate to LibreOffice/Advanced - the "Open Expert Configuration" button should be on that page.

Toby Speight
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Ramhound
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How can I eliminate this behavior permanently?

There is a Stop Begging extension in the LibreOffice Extension and Templates Repository:

Prevent the infobar from asking for more money or involvement at startup.

Starting in LibreOffice 6.2, every 90 days you will be asked either for more money or to increase your involvement. This configuration/settings extension disables that timer, so that you never see these infobar notices.

Source: Stop Begging » Extensions

There is also a bug report regarding this issue 120271 – Disabling "Get involved" and "Donate" infobar in enterprise installs

DavidPostill
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Starting in version 7.0 (late 2020) there is a setting to disable them directly.

In the Expert Configuration dialog

Tools/Options dialog, select LibreOffice/Advanced in the tree view, Open Expert Configuration button

search for infobar and set Donate and GetInvolved to false.

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