This guide will show you how to remove items from your menu or delete a menu entirely.
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Ask our AI assistantUse the following instructions to remove a single menu item from your navigation menu.
Your site’s theme type determines which instructions to follow. Go to Appearance in your site’s dashboard: if you see Editor, follow the Site Editor tab instructions. Otherwise, follow the WP Admin or Customizer tab instructions.
In the Site Editor, your menu comes from the Navigation block. Follow these steps to delete a menu item:
- Visit your dashboard.
- Go to Appearance → Editor.
- Select the template or template part you want to edit, or click on the site preview on the side of the screen to open the homepage editor.
- Open List View at the top-left corner of your screen (it’s the icon that looks like three horizontal lines above each other.)
- Select the Navigation block, which may be nested inside other blocks like Header, Group, and Row.
- You can then delete a menu item using one of several different methods:
- In List View, click the three dots next to the menu item and click the “Delete” option.
- In the menu item’s toolbar, click the three dots next to the menu item and click “Delete” option.
- In the block settings in the right sidebar, click the three dots next to the menu item and click the “Remove” option.
- Click the “Save” button to save your changes.
Removing a page from your menu will not remove the page from your site. It only removes the link to the page from your menu.
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This section applies to sites created with the AI Website Builder (all paid plans) or sites that have enabled the AI assistant (Business and Commerce plans). Open the AI assistant by clicking the AI icon (a four-pointed star) at the bottom of the screen.
The AI assistant can remove menu items and delete entire menus directly on your site. Here are some things you can ask it to do:
- “Remove the Schedule link from the main menu.”
- “Check my menus for duplicate items and remove the duplicates.”
- “Hide the Training item from the footer menu but keep it in the header.”
- “Delete the old footer menu and replace it with just a Privacy Policy link.”
A deleted menu cannot be recovered. To completely delete a menu and all of its items from your site, follow the steps below. You can create a new menu following these steps.
Your site’s theme type determines which instructions to follow. Go to Appearance in your site’s dashboard: if you see Editor, follow the Site Editor tab instructions. Otherwise, follow the WP Admin or Customizer tab instructions.
In the Site Editor, your menu comes from the Navigation block. To delete a menu follow these steps:
- Visit your dashboard and navigate to Appearance → Editor.
- Click the “Navigation” option to view all menus created on the site.
- Select a menu, then click on the three vertical dots next to the menu name.
- Click the “Delete” option.
Video Tutorial
If you want to keep the menu for future use but remove it from your site, you can remove the Navigation block from Appearance → Editor. Learn how to remove a block.
