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If you want to hide the core xprofile “name” field, you’ll have to edit the /profile/profile-loop.php file in order to do this.

One way to do this is mentioned here:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/faq-how-to-code-snippets-and-solutions#post-13243

This will hide your entire “Base” xprofile group though.

But that’s one way around it!