Removing Site Contents Link in site's left navigation

Question

I have subsites within a site collection that are still displaying "Site Contents" in their site navigation. I have tried to recreate this issue by creating new subsites but the "Site Contents" appears within the Quick Launch so I'm able to remove it.

Here is what an impacted Left Nav looks like:

Here's what I normally see people talk about in other forums.

I've seen people talk about adding CSS code to a site or the master page of a site. I've tried to do both but the site contents is still there. Not sure if any one else has had this issue, it seems like other forum threads about this topic have started and stopped about 4 years ago.

I don't know if I've been applying the CSS wrong, just looking for a way to have this site contents option removed.

Answer 1

The current user rights are actually the key factor in whether the Site Contents is displayed.

If the user already has View Application Pages - View forms, views, and application pages. Enumerate lists., the Site Contents will be shown.

However, if you want to provide the View Application Pages rights while also removing the Site Contents menu item, you must alter the Left navigation setting to do so. Alternatively, you can try using the CSS code below.

If you are still using classic experience, you can add this CSS either to your master page or at page level using the script editor web part.

<style>
span.ms-splinkbutton-text {
 Display:none!important;
}
 
#sideNavBox a[href$="/_layouts/15/viewlsts.aspx"] {
    display: none;
 }
</style>

In modern team sites, use this CSS to remove site contents from SharePoint Online:

<style>
.ms-Nav-navItem a[href$="/_layouts/15/viewlsts.aspx"] {
         display: none;
 }
</style>

#Read more: SharePoint Online: Hide Site Contents