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Hi @sherissa_r,

General is the default landing tab for profile settings.
To remove it, you use these functions:
to remove the item -> bp_core_remove_subnav_item()
to define a new one -> bp_core_new_nav_default()

You may also want to remove General from usermenu if you use WP’s toolbar, in which case you need -> $wp_admin_bar->remove_node()

Note that General is also the default sub-nav template for all other Settings (Emails & Profile visibility). When you remove the item, you remove also the template. That’s why you need to define a new landing tab.
Note also that once General is removed, you will only see the other settings buttons, but no the content of the new defined tab. It will only appear once you clicked on the button.

Here the snippets you could test (add them to bp-custom)

function bpex_change_profile_settings_default_tab() {

	if( bp_is_active( 'xprofile' ) ) :

	$access        = bp_core_can_edit_settings();
	$slug          = bp_get_settings_slug();

	$args = array(
		'parent_slug'     => $slug,
		'subnav_slug'	  => $slug . '/notifications/',
		'screen_function' => 'bp_settings_screen_notification',
		'user_has_access' => $access
		);
 
	bp_core_new_nav_default( $args );

	endif;

}
add_action( 'bp_actions', 'bpex_change_profile_settings_default_tab' );

function bpex_remove_general_item_on_usermenu() {
global $wp_admin_bar;

	if ( bp_use_wp_admin_bar() ) {
		$wp_admin_bar->remove_node( 'my-account-settings-general' );
	}

}
add_action( 'wp_before_admin_bar_render', 'bpex_remove_general_item_on_usermenu' );

function bpex_remove_profile_settings_general_tab() {

	if( bp_is_active( 'xprofile' ) ) :	

		bp_core_remove_subnav_item( 'settings', 'general' );

	endif;

}
add_action( 'bp_actions', 'bpex_remove_profile_settings_general_tab' );

Is it possible to have the contents of the Email tab load automatically?

Afaik no. While testing the snippets, i discovered that none of the tab show his content when you remove the General tab. I ignore if it is a bug (and doubt it is one) or intended so. In fact, profile settings are not intented to be removed, but that’s pure theory. 🙂
The funny news is that i can display the content of third party plugins who share the profile settings tab with BP. Conclusion: BP hide the whole settings content, but other plugins can still use it.
Strange and not user friendly – and never mentionned on this forum so far i know. But i must admit it is an exceptionnal case.

Maybe calling @djpaul or @dcavins to this topic can bring another opinion ? I go to mention this on Slack immediatly, so hopefully we will be quicly fixed.

Wait and see ! 🙂

I saw the bug report you’ve filed, Dan, but I’ve not had time to look into it.

@lenasterg this solution works! Thank you very much!