Hide the comments panel in WP custom post types

Question

Is there a way I can hide the comments panel in my custom post type and still allow people to comment? Because I noticed that for the Post post type the comment panel is hidden and yet users can post comments to it.

When creating a custom post type in wordpress, I always add

'supports' => array('title', 'editor', 'excerpt', 'comments'),

which enables comments the post type, however, there always seems to be a comment panel at the bottom of the editor.

Answer 1

In the left top corner below the admin bar there is a screen options button.
On it are checkboxes which hide and shows part of the UI.

You can hide your comment pannel on the add/edit pages.
These settings are saved per user. So if you turn it off, an other user will still have it.