# How do I remove tags from the left menu?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-remove-tags-from-the-left-menu/295964
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 19, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-remove-tags-from-the-left-menu/295964 "2024-02-19T21:04:17Z")
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### Author: ![hamdictn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hamdictn/32/365419_2.png) [@hamdictn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hamdictn)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-remove-tags-from-the-left-menu/295964/1 "2024-02-19T21:04:17Z")

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![cats](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/8/0/2808155023dcdd15b432c5430d00f0f48d75e4d1.jpeg)

I don’t want the section I marked above to appear there. I want to use tags but I don’t want it listed there. How can I do that?

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### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-remove-tags-from-the-left-menu/295964/2 "2024-02-19T21:11:58Z")

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Hi @hamdictn 👋 welcome to Discourse Meta 🙂

There is a theme component that can do this, as well as a number of other similar navigation sidebar menu features.

> [@Navigation (sidebar) menu display control](https://meta.discourse.org/t/navigation-sidebar-menu-display-control/277687):
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> information_sourceSummary Allows displaying sections and links for staff, logged-in and anon usershammer_and_wrenchRepository [https://github.com/Lillinator/navigation-menu-display-control](https://github.com/Lillinator/navigation-menu-display-control)questionInstall Guide [How to install a theme or theme component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-install-a-theme-or-theme-component/63682)open_bookNew to Discourse Themes? [Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) Install this theme component Description The Navigation Menu Display Control theme component allows for the display of various default…

Alternatively, you can use the following CSS code in a theme component CSS section:

```scss
.sidebar-section-wrapper.sidebar-section[data-section-name="tags"] {
     display: none;
}

```

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### Author: ![hamdictn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hamdictn/32/365419_2.png) [@hamdictn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hamdictn)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-remove-tags-from-the-left-menu/295964/3 "2024-02-19T21:34:37Z")

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Thank you so much for your help. Tomorrow I’ll have a few more questions for you and then I’ll start publishing a perfect site.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-remove-tags-from-the-left-menu/295964/4 "2024-03-20T21:34:45Z")

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