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title: "How to disable the main menu in a Drupal 7 theme"
description: "You may want to hide the main menu that appears on the different pages of your themes. This can be done via a global setting or by the individual theme settings in the Drupal 7 admin dashboard...."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/drupal/disable-main-menu/
date: 2012-06-21
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "Scott Mitchell"
categories: ["Drupal"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to disable the main menu in a Drupal 7 theme

You may want to hide the main menu that appears on the different pages of your themes. This can be done via a global setting or by the individual theme settings in the Drupal 7 admin dashboard. Turning off the main menu is very simple in Drupal 7 and can be done by following these instructions.

**How to remove the main menu in Drupal 7:**

1. [Log into your Drupal 7 Admin panel.](/support/edu/drupal/how-to-log-into-the-drupal-admin-dashboard/)
2. Using the top menu area, click on the **Appearance **option. [![_main-dashboard-appearance](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Appearance__main-dashboard-appearance.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Appearance__main-dashboard-appearance.png)
3. This will bring up the themes page where it lists all themes installed within Drupal 7. Locate the **Settings **tab at the upper right corner of the screen and click it. [![appearance-theme-settings-tab](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Appearance_appearance-theme-settings-tab.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Appearance_appearance-theme-settings-tab.png)
4. This brings you to the main **Appearance **page. You will see **Global Settings **followed by the name of all enabled themes as a top menu bar. To set the option globally, click on the **Global Settings** option. To set it for a particular theme, simply click on the name of the desired theme. This will bring you to the settings page.
5. Find the **Toggle Display** list on this page. Find the **Main Menu** setting. Simply click the checkbox to disable it. There should no longer be a check in the box. The location of the main menu will vary on a theme by theme basis, but is usually at the top of the page. [![appearance-toggle-main-menu](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Appearance_appearance-toggle-main-menu.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Appearance_appearance-toggle-main-menu.png)
6. Click on the **Save Configuration** button at the bottom of the page to save the change. Below you can see how the main menu has disappeared from the page. Before After [![disable-main-menu-before](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Appearance_Theme_disable-main-menu-before.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Appearance_Theme_disable-main-menu-before.png) [![disable-main-menu-after](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Appearance_Theme_disable-main-menu-after.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Appearance_Theme_disable-main-menu-after.png)

That is how you turn off the main menu for a theme in Drupal 7! For further customization, you may want to check out our article on [disabling the secondary menu](/support/edu/drupal/disable-secondary-menu/) on your theme.