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How do I do this?

You have to bake 5 894 pizza and search the forum ! Or experiment the following…

First you remove the counter. This can be done by using the language file.
Original string is Friends <span class="%s">%s</span> to replace by eg. Friends

or using this function (add to bp-custom.php)

function bpfr_remove_friends_count( $translated, $original_text, $domain ) {
		
	if ( 'buddypress' !== $domain )  
	return $translated; 
	
	switch ( $original_text ) {
		
		case 'Friends <span class="%s">%s</span>':
		return 'Friends';
		
		default:
		return $translated;
	}
}
add_filter( 'gettext', 'bpfr_remove_friends_count', 10, 3 );

The Friends subnav has only two elements: friendships and request.
Friendships is the default one and can’t be removed. So we have to hide it with css. Add this to your child-theme style.css

#friends-my-friends-personal-li {display:none;}

This is default css, and you have to check it as it can vary depending your theme.

Finally add a new subnav item with counter in replaciement of the one you’ve just hiden (add to bp-custom.php).

function bpfr_custom_profile_sub_nav() {
global $bp;

	if( bp_is_active( 'friends' ) )

	$count    = friends_get_total_friend_count();
	$class    = ( 0 === $count ) ? 'no-count' : 'count';
	
	//Add subnav item 	 
	bp_core_new_subnav_item( array(
		'name' => sprintf( __( 'Friendships <span class="%s">%s</span>', 'buddypress' ), esc_attr( $class ), bp_core_number_format( $count ) ),			
		'slug'            => 'friends',
		'parent_url'      => $bp->loggedin_user->domain,
		'parent_slug'     => $bp->friends->slug,
		'screen_function' => 'friends_screen_my_friends',
		'position' => 10
		)
	);	
}
add_action( 'bp_setup_nav', 'bpfr_custom_profile_sub_nav' );