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I’ve come across many people who want to display their sidebars only on the homepage and not on individual posts & pages. You need to add just two lines of code to achieve this.

Go to Dashboard >> Appearance >> Editor >> Sidebar (sidebar.php)

Add the following code as the first line

<?php if ( is_front_page() ) { ?>

… and the following one as the last line of sidebar.php

<?php } ?>

Conversely, if you want to show the sidebar on all pages & posts except the home page, add the following as the first and last lines respectively.

<?php if ( !is_front_page() ) { ?>

<?php } ?>

Thats all you need to make your sidebar visibility selective, i.e. on or off the homepage.