There was a post where Any suggested to use bp-custom with just one line. I saw it yesterday, but can’t find it now. Why don’t you check documents if there’s entry on this?
You can add the following to your wp-config.php file:
define( 'BP_DISABLE_ADMIN_BAR', true );
add this to you custom style sheet
/* BuddyBar Removed - fixing gap */
body { padding-top:0px!important; }
Thanks, I tried Simon’s solution and it worked
How do I only remove the admin bar from the wordpress admin area? Want to keep it everywhere else. I know Andy added the admin bar to the admin area some time back, but I haven’t found anything to remove it only from the admin section?
You could (probably, I haven’t tested this) use the following in wp-config.php to remove the admin bar from the WP Admin area only:
if ( is_admin() ) define( 'BP_DISABLE_ADMIN_BAR', true );
Thanks Simon!
That gets me a white page and this error message,
[02-Oct-2009 11:35:47] PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function is_admin() in /(…)/wp-config.php on line 109
Doh! Good point. I did say untested. 
You could try adding the line to your functions.php in the theme?
Hehe, thanks for trying anyways! 
I’ve put it in the mu-plugins folder with a file called remove-adminbar.php. And it seems to be working fine! Thanks a lot!
I am under the impression that the site reacts a bit slower right now, but that is just a feeling, no php error found there.
I had the same issue as the original post here but the suggested custom CSS modification didn’t work for me. I solved the issue nevertheless, as below:
– Originally I used Remove BuddyPress Admin Bar 1.3 by Alessandro Raffa
That worked perfect (normal plugin for blog admins to use as they wish) *until* upgrading to BuddyPress 1.1. After the upgrade, the problem above appeared.
– Now I use Remove BuddyPress AdminBar 1.2 by NetWebLogic LLC
Just when I was about to mention my problem on this forum, I noticed that earlier today the “other” version (1.2) was released on the BuddyPress Developer > Plugins page.
What I did:
– I disabled the 1.3 plugin for all and mass-deactivated it.
– I enabled the 1.2 plugin and now all blogs activating it have no more space problem.
No idea why that is but I thought it might help some running the same version(s).
Is it possible to edit the options on the Admin bar ?
@hkcharlie:
https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/modifying-the-buddypress-admin-bar/
Note: if you put the remove action / add action etc in functions.php (rather than bp-custom.php) then you don’t need to wrap them in a function.
