Hiding the dashboard link in the sidebar

Add to your resource:

/** * Indicates if the resource should be displayed in the sidebar. * * @var bool */ public static $displayInNavigation = false; // Change to true if you would like to show this resource in the sidebar.

I have the same question.

$displayInNavigation = false; doesn't seem to work for me because I can't find a "Dashboard" resource.

Instead the best I was able to do is hide the default help card.

1. Publish the assets.
2. In NovaServiceProvider.php, do this:

protected function cards()
    {
        return [
            // new Help, // commented out to avoid displaying default text
        ];
    }

I don't think that this is possible. If it were, you'd need to be able tell Nova where to go after a user logs in.

Redirecting to a resource seems to be the best approach.

It's now possible to customize the menu with Nova v4: https://nova.laravel.com/docs/4.0/customization/menus.html

As far as I know, the only way to hide the "Dashboard" link in Nova v3 is to do it with extra CSS or JS.

Aside from CSS, you can overwrite the actual menu in the NovaServiceProvider:

Nova::mainMenu(function (Request $request) {
            return [               
                MenuSection::make('Projects', [
                    MenuItem::link('View All', 'resources/projects'),
                    MenuItem::link('Add Project', 'resources/projects/new'),
                    MenuItem::resource(Task::class),
                ])->icon('clipboard'),
            ];
});

(inside of the boot() method)