IN SKIN1/CUSTOMER/HOME.TPL
<div id="footer">
{* remove users online info on customer side - start
{if $active_modules.Users_online}
{include file="modules/Users_online/menu_users_online.tpl"}
{/if}
# remove users online info on customer side - end *}
{include file="customer/bottom.tpl"}
</div>
IN MAIN.CSS
/*
users online module
*/
/* users statistics box */
/* remove users online from customer start
.uo-box {
width: 100%;
border-top: 1px solid #acb7c7;
background-color: #e8edf4;
padding: 10px 0px 10px 13px;
}
remove users online from customer end */
AND
/*
users online sublayout
*/
/* remove users online from customer start
.uo-container #content-container {
padding-bottom: 104px;
}
.uo-container #footer {
height: 94px;
}
.normal {
font-weight: normal;
}
remove users online from customer end */
The above will remove users online from customer side