Hide “Site Contents” Link from SharePoint 2013 / 2016 Quick Launch Navigation

Requirement: Hide site content link from left navigation in the SharePoint 2013 or 2016.

How to hide site contents in SharePoint Quick Launch?

In SharePoint, Anyone can see the “Site contents” link to the Quick Launch bar by default. This can be helpful when you want to find the items on your site quickly. However, there may be times when you would like to hide it from some or all of the site’s users. This article will show you how to hide site contents in the Quick Launch.

We can use CSS to hide the “Site Contents” link from SharePoint 2016 quick launch navigation.

Hide all site content from quick launch SharePoint with CSS

Edit your SharePoint Master page, insert a “Script Editor” web part and add the below code in it. 

<style>
#sideNavBox a[href$="/_layouts/15/viewlsts.aspx"]
 {
    display: none;
 }
</style>

To remove site content from the quick launch of SharePoint 2013 sites, add this CSS to the master page, Or you can have it in the Alternate CSS sheet.

Save and Publish your master page.

Remove Site Contents from SharePoint 2016 (Not recommended)

If you want to remove the “Site Contents” link permanently, You can: Click on “Edit Links” under Quick Launch, edit, and remove the “Site Contents” link. Same can be done by: Go To Site Settings >> Quick Launch >> site content  >> click on edit icon >> Delete.

The above methods work on SharePoint 2016 as well!

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