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Roger’s right – bp_core_remove_nav_item() is the function you want. See bp-core.php to see how that function works.

Also, please don’t bump your question more than once every few days. This board is not so well-trafficked that you can expect an answer to every question within a few hours, especially on the weekend.

The following function, placed into your theme’s functions.php or bp-custom.php file, will remove the Blogs nav item from the Members section of the site:
`function boone_remove_blogs_nav() {
bp_core_remove_nav_item( ‘blogs’ );
}
add_action( ‘bp_setup_nav’, ‘boone_remove_blogs_nav’, 15 );`

Other top-level nav items can be removed by replacing ‘blogs’ with the appropriate name. Subnav items will work in a similar way, except using `bp_core_remove_subnav_item` and the extra $parent_id argument:
`function boone_remove_friends_activity_nav() {
bp_core_remove_subnav_item( ‘activity’, ‘friends’ );
}
add_action( ‘bp_setup_nav’, ‘boone_remove_friends_activity_nav’, 15 );`

The other thread, with code for the number of messages / notifications, and link across is: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/installing-buddypress/forum/topic/hi-hi-everyone-how-can-i-get-the-message-url-or-the-number-of-messages-and-settings-url/

@boonebgorges can you think of any reason your function for removing nav items wouldn’t work?
I’m using latest 1.2 branch & can’t remove any nav items.

I’ve had issues, not convinced there isn’t something gremlin like at work here, and yes think I’ve worked out stuff must go after the <?php thingamajig as for case sensitive is that ‘Attache’ or ‘Briefcase’

@boonebgorges thanks, got it working by adding it to plugins/bp-custom.php.
wouldn’t work from my own themes functions.php for some reason.

just to add to this discussion, concerning what hook to link it to…this is what works for me. i didnt have luck with bp_setup_nav for some reason. i dont recall where i got this example, but think its bp-xprofile.php itself. this worked in both theme>functions.php and in my own mmc_functions.php which i “require()” in functions.php

just to add a hint of background, we are moving these two items to the ‘settings’ tab from the profile tab. the removing is trivial, the adding is trivial, the getting all the right functions/themes/forms called, not so much. but its done and it works.

here is the code for removing sub-tabs — aka options:

`
//removes in a structural way.. no change to bp-xprofile.php

function mmc_bpsetupnav_removefromprofile(){
global $bp;

if ( $bp->current_component == $bp->profile->slug ) {
bp_core_remove_subnav_item($bp->profile->slug, ‘edit’);
bp_core_remove_subnav_item($bp->profile->slug, ‘change-avatar’);

}//end if
}//end function
add_action( ‘wp’, ‘mmc_bpsetupnav_removefromprofile’, 2 );
`

here is my code for adding them to the settings tab

`
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
////// functions for moving to Settings tab the editprofile/change avatar sub-tabs

function mmc_bpsetupnav_forsettings(){
global $bp;

if ( $bp->current_component == $bp->settings->slug ) {
//define ( ‘BP_XPROFILE_SLUG’, ‘settings’ );//didnt have desirable effects. left her for documentation

//this is essentially a clone of xprofile-settings.php, but with tweaks to change BP_XPROFILE_SLUG references tp BP_SETTINGS_SLUG
//that way didnt change any core files, and moved it out of the upgrade stream
require_once( WP_PLUGIN_DIR.’/mmc_misc/functions_xprof_settings_mmc.php’);

$profile_link = $bp->loggedin_user->domain . $bp->profile->slug . ‘/’;
$settings_link = $bp->loggedin_user->domain . $bp->settings->slug . ‘/’;

//EDIT PROFILE
bp_core_new_subnav_item( array(
‘name’ => __( ‘Edit Profile’, ‘buddypress’ ),
‘slug’ => ‘edit’,
‘parent_url’ => $settings_link,
//’parent_slug’ => $bp->profile->slug, //left for documentation
‘parent_slug’ => $bp->settings->slug,
‘screen_function’ => ‘xprofile_screen_edit_profile_mmc’,
‘position’ => 50, //magic number based on current items already there in SETTINGS tab
‘user_has_access’ => bp_is_my_profile() //ADDED, NOT IN ORIGINAL WHEN IN BP-XPROFILE.PHP
) );

//CHANGE AVATAR
bp_core_new_subnav_item( array(
‘name’ => __( ‘Change Avatar’, ‘buddypress’ ),
‘slug’ => ‘change-avatar’,
‘parent_url’ => $settings_link,
//’parent_slug’ => $bp->profile->slug, //left for documentation
‘parent_slug’ => $bp->settings->slug,
‘screen_function’ => ‘xprofile_screen_change_avatar_mmc’,
‘position’ => 60, //magic number based on current items already there in SETTINGS tab
‘user_has_access’ => bp_is_my_profile() //ADDED, NOT IN ORIGINAL WHEN IN BP-XPROFILE.PHP
) );

}//end if

}//end function
add_action( ‘wp’, ‘mmc_bpsetupnav_forsettings’, 2 );
add_action( ‘admin_menu’, ‘mmc_bpsetupnav_forsettings’, 2 );
`

note the TWO add-actions at the end. also taken from example at bp-xprofile.php. why this and not bp_setup_nav.. i dont know!

ggod luck
mario

one quick update:
the double add_action is actually taken from an example at bp-core-settings.php (in the bp_core_add_settings_nav() function) NOT bp-xprofile.php, which does in fact use bp_setup_nav to hook into for setting up profile nav/sub-nav items.

my guess is bp_core_new_subnav_item adds to an array, and includes a dupe check to the array (if !array_key_exists or some such) because the sub-nav items only show once…

ahh, hooks — a bit like magic!