# Remove access to the menu on the left of the kibana 8.15 screen

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-access-to-the-menu-on-the-left-of-the-kibana-8-15-screen/366215>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** dashboard\
**Created:** [September 9, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-access-to-the-menu-on-the-left-of-the-kibana-8-15-screen/366215 "2024-09-09T01:35:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![johnwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/johnwood/32/78918_2.png) [@johnwood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/johnwood)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-access-to-the-menu-on-the-left-of-the-kibana-8-15-screen/366215/1 "2024-09-09T01:35:02Z")

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I have successfully limited users' access to the dashboards and set a default route to the first dashboard.

The final thing I need to do is to stop them using the menu on the left and selecting Analytics\>Dashboards and then seeing/selecting any/every dashboard in the system.

Is there a way?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Alex\_Salgado-Elastic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alex_salgado-elastic/32/103081_2.png) [@Alex\_Salgado-Elastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alex_Salgado-Elastic)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 7:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-access-to-the-menu-on-the-left-of-the-kibana-8-15-screen/366215/2 "2024-09-09T07:15:32Z")

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Hi @johnwood , have you taken a look at this?[Kibana role management | Kibana Guide [8.15] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/kibana-role-management.html)?

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**Author:** ![jsanz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsanz/32/53734_2.png) [@jsanz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsanz)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-access-to-the-menu-on-the-left-of-the-kibana-8-15-screen/366215/3 "2024-09-09T12:49:11Z")

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I'm afraid there is no configuration to prevent the sidebar from showing up independently from what users can access.

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**Author:** ![johnwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/johnwood/32/78918_2.png) [@johnwood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/johnwood)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-access-to-the-menu-on-the-left-of-the-kibana-8-15-screen/366215/4 "2024-09-30T00:15:18Z")

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Hi Alex - yes I did look at that, there is nothing in there that helps with my needs unfortunately. Looks like (per Jorge) there is no way to do it right now

Thanks for the reply though