diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index e29dc807b..d0eed006a 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -130,3 +130,14 @@ typography: {
   ...
 }
 ```
+
+## Home Page
+
+The home page is the main web page of your Quartz. The content for the home page lives in `content/index.md`, to change it see [[authoring content|the authoring content guide]].
+
+Customization of the home page can be achieved by conditionally hiding or unhiding components; by passing in a boolean value to the `hideOnRoot:` options in `quartz.config.ts`. The components that support this feature are:
+
+- [[Breadcrumbs]] are hidden by default, to unhide them the configuration looks like: `Component.Breadcrumbs({ hideOnRoot: false }){:ts}`
+- Date and reading time are shown by default, to hide them the configuration looks like: `Component.ContentMeta({ hideOnRoot: true }){:ts}`
+
+A differnet method is used to configure the comment box on the home page, see [[Comments#Conditionally display comments|conditionally display comments]].
diff --git a/quartz/components/ContentMeta.tsx b/quartz/components/ContentMeta.tsx
index e378bccee..e0f21bdea 100644
--- a/quartz/components/ContentMeta.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/ContentMeta.tsx
@@ -12,11 +12,13 @@ interface ContentMetaOptions {
    */
   showReadingTime: boolean
   showComma: boolean
+  hideOnRoot: boolean
 }
 
 const defaultOptions: ContentMetaOptions = {
   showReadingTime: true,
   showComma: true,
+  hideOnRoot: false
 }
 
 export default ((opts?: Partial<ContentMetaOptions>) => {
@@ -24,6 +26,11 @@ export default ((opts?: Partial<ContentMetaOptions>) => {
   const options: ContentMetaOptions = { ...defaultOptions, ...opts }
 
   function ContentMetadata({ cfg, fileData, displayClass }: QuartzComponentProps) {
+    // Hide metadata on root if enabled
+    if (options.hideOnRoot && fileData.slug === "index") {
+      return null
+    }
+
     const text = fileData.text
 
     if (text) {