Is there an easy way to remove these two buttons? Reason I’m asking is that I’ve been reading (on this site) of some people’s opinions about Discourse being a little overwhelming to new users. I just feel the categories button is a little redundant since the categories tab is right there and if an e…

[image] Andrew_Rowe: I just feel the categories button is a little redundant since the categories tab is right there and if an experience user wants to search by tag he can use the side menu. [image] Andrew_Rowe: I realize I could find the CSS tags and hide them Taking note of the idea…

[image] Andrew_Rowe: I just feel the categories button is a little redundant since the categories tab is right there and if an experience user wants to search by tag he can use the side menu. Worth noting that these buttons offer a search function – which could be nice if you have a ton of ca…

[image] ToddZ: Worth noting that these buttons offer a search function I did not know…. thanks [image] ToddZ: hid the tag section from the side menu I’ve chosen to completely hide the sidebar by default for anonymous users (non-logged in users or visitors) using a simple component by …

[image] Andrew_Rowe: I noticed the two buttons go away on mobile by default so obviously the developers didn’t feel like the world would end if these buttons didn’t show the breadcrumb dropdown selectors do appear at the top of category pages in mobile [IMG_4897] and on mobile discovery (/…

[image] GitHub - discourse/Discourse-nav-links-component Contribua para o desenvolvimento do discourse/Discourse-nav-links-component ao criar uma conta no GitHub. And this shit script what I did for replace original paths <script> document.addEventLis…

By the way, this is result: [image] [image]

[image] Lilly: You mention that you removed them because “the categories tab is right there” - assuming you mean the nav pill button, if this is a nav pill button then yes [image] Sorry, didn’t know what to call it [image] Lilly: it is much more intuitive to select from the category d…

Thanks Sammy, I’m studying your code. I’m guessing I could insert something like this in the head section of a theme if I wanted to (once I figure out how it works :thinking: :face_with_monocle: :confused: :joy: )

I ultimately decided to not eliminate the Category and Tags buttons using css as described above because once a user clicked into a category, there was no way to return to the category list view. I recently found this theme component which may provide a solution [image] Brea…

Remove categories and tags buttons

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jahan_gagan (Jahan Gagan) January 1, 2026, 6:30am 2

There is no built-in, non-CSS setting in Discourse to remove or toggle the “Categories” or “Tags” buttons globally from the UI.

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