Magento: Add/ Remove account dashboard navigation links

We can add or remove anythings in magento core files but it is not a perfect solution. To make a perfect solution, we are creating a small module. By this module you will able to add / remove navigation links from customer account dashboard.

Firstly, we create a module XML file to access from local folder:

Step1: Create a file “Nos_Navigation.xml” in app\etc\modules\ folder

Step2: Put below code in this xml file

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
	<config>
	    <modules>
	        <Nos_Navigation>
        	    <active>true</active>
	            <codePool>local</codePool>
        	</Nos_Navigation>
	    </modules>
	</config>

Step3: Create a new file “app\code\local\Nos\Navigation\Block\Account\Navigation.php”
and put below code in this file:

<?php
	class Nos_Navigation_Block_Account_Navigation extends Mage_Customer_Block_Account_Navigation {
 
  	    // This function is use to remove a link from navigations list.
	    public function removeLinkByName($name) {
        	unset($this->_links[$name]);
	    }
 
	}
?>

Step4: Create a file: “app\code\local\Nos\Navigation\etc\config.xml”

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config>
    <global>
        <blocks>
            <customer>
                <rewrite>
                    <account_navigation>Nos_Navigation_Block_Account_Navigation</account_navigation>
                </rewrite>
            </customer>
        </blocks>
    </global>
</config>

Step5: Now you can create your own local.xml file in your theme layout folder. If you have not idea that how you can create a local.xml file in your own theme folder then don’t worry 🙂

Step6: create a local.xml file in your “add/design/frontend/YOUR_THEME/default/layout/local.xml”

Step7: Put below code in your theme local.xml file:

<customer_account>
    <reference name="customer_account_navigation">
        <action method="removeLinkByName"><name>tags</name></action>
    </reference>
</customer_account>

You can also add your own line to remove another links like: billing_agreements, wishlist, etc.

That’s it.