# Customizing the Hamburger Menu

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizing-the-hamburger-menu/147657
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [April 11, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizing-the-hamburger-menu/147657 "2020-04-11T23:22:49Z")
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### Author: ![sunjam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sunjam/32/175682_2.png) [@sunjam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunjam)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizing-the-hamburger-menu/147657/1 "2020-04-11T23:22:49Z")

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Hi, I’m looking to customize our existing hamburger menu to be a little friendlier.

> **Click for a picture of our hamburger menu as-is**
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> ![Screenshot_20200411_160758](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/e/0e192fa9ed28f1b8aae4f6711e22ef69ac8795d6.png)

_Thanks for showing me how to do this ^_ @Benjamin_D 😉

### Goals are:

- _Remove from menu:_
  - New, Topics, Unread, Top, Cakeday

- _Expand (as Categories is by default) to show all sub-entries_
  - Groups

- \*display (number of) same as New and Unread and Categories do:  
example: ![Screenshot_20200411_161739](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/b/2b2d116c2f6341e633ef4a383c33ed7ce3c22f18.png)
  - Tags
  - Users (possibly only Trust Level 1+)
  - Badges

Thanks for any tips and tricks! I have been researching this, but I see the links I’ve found are dead or possibly no longer relevant.

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### Author: ![JimPas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jimpas/32/148179_2.png) [@JimPas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JimPas)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2020, 5:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizing-the-hamburger-menu/147657/2 "2020-04-12T05:04:20Z")

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Here’s a couple of links that should guide you to what you’re trying to accomplish.

> [@Restructuring the Hamburger menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restructuring-the-hamburger-menu/32860):
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> As part of the menu redesign, we need to restructure the hamburger menu. Some initial ideas: star group admin / mod menu items together (akismet, flags, site settings) star move to two columns with glyphs star replicate complete topnav (latest, new, unread, etc) including counts star move very rare, low value items like Keyboard Shortcuts below categories perhaps have essentials like FAQ show up at the top until read at least once perhaps have headings for …

> [@How can I add custom hamburger menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-add-custom-hamburger-menu/92282):
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> Hi. I want to create new menu like Discourse’s hamburger menu and add some links to in it. What is the best way to do this? Thanks.