Remove a Customizer tab

You can easily remove a Customizer tab (either a panel or section) with some custom code.

First, some WordPress terminology. There are Customizer panels and Customizer sections. The difference is that a panel is a tab that contains subtabs, whereas a section is a tab with no subtabs. For example, the General tab is a panel because it contains subtabs, as shown in the following screenshot.

See the table in the next section to find out which tabs are panels and which are sections.

Here's the code you can use as a template. It creates a function and ties it into the appropriate WordPress action hook. In this case it removes the Presets section from the Customizer.

function my_customize_register() {     
  global $wp_customize;
  $wp_customize->remove_section( 'fl-presets' );  //Modify this line as needed  
}

add_action( 'customize_register', 'my_customize_register', 11 );

The code requires one or two modifications to remove the panel or section you want:

To remove a panel instead of a section, use remove_panel instead of remove_section.
Change the ID of the panel or section, following the table in the next section.

Add the code to your child theme's functions.php file.

Customizer type and ID reference

In order to use the code example above, you need to know if the Customizer tab is a panel or a section and its ID. Here's a table to make this easier.

Title	Panel or Section	ID
Presets	section	fl-presets
General	panel	fl-general
General > Layout	section	fl-layout
General > Background	section	fl-body-bg
General > Accent Color	section	fl-accent-color
General > Headings	section	fl-heading-font
General > Text	section	fl-body-font
General > Buttons	section	fl-buttons
General > Social Links	section	fl-social-links
Header	panel	fl-header
Header > Top Bar Layout	section	fl-topbar-layout
Header > Top Bar Style	section	fl-topbar-style
Header > Header Layout	section	fl-header-layout
Header > Header Style	section	fl-header-style
Header > Header Logo	section	fl-header-logo
Header > Nav Layout	section	fl-nav-layout
Header > Nav Style	section	fl-nav-style
Content	panel	fl-content
Content > Content Background	section	fl-content-bg
Content > Blog Layout	section	fl-content-blog
Content > Archive Layout	section	fl-content-archives
Content > Post Layout	section	fl-content-posts
Content > WooCommerce Layout	section	fl-content-woo
Content > Lightbox	section	fl-lightbox-layout
Footer	panel	fl-footer
Footer > Footer Widgets Layout	section	fl-footer-widgets-layout
Footer > Footer Widgets Style	section	fl-footer-widgets-style
Footer > Footer Layout	section	fl-footer-layout
Footer > Footer Style	section	fl-footer-style
Footer > Footer Parallax	section	fl-footer-effect
Widgets (This is a WordPress default customizer panel)	panel	widgets
Widgets > Footer Column 1	section	footer-col
Widgets > Footer Column 2	section	footer-col-2
Widgets > Footer Column 3	section	footer-col-3
Widgets > Footer Column 4	section	footer-col-4
Widgets > After Post Widget	section	after-post-widget
Code	panel	fl-code
Code > CSS Code	section	fl-css-code-section
Code > JavaScript Code	section	fl-js-code-section
Code > Head Code	section	fl-head-code-section
Code > Header Code	section	fl-header-code-section
Code > Footer Code	section	fl-footer-code-section
Settings	panel	fl-settings
Settings > Site Identity (This is a WordPress default customizer section)	section	title_tagline
Settings > Home Page Settings (This is a WordPress default customizer section)	section	static_front_page
Menus (This is a WordPress default customizer panel)	panel	nav_menus
Additional CSS (This is a WordPress default customizer section)	section	custom_css
Export/Import (This is a WordPress default customizer section)	section	fl-export-import

Customizer type and ID reference​

Customizer type and ID reference