Remove "Platform Connect" icon from menu bar

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2023.2 adds a new "Platform Connect" icon to the menu bar for all users (incl non-admins) which links to:

https://<SWURL>/apps/cloud-connected/welcome

Is there a way to remove this icon from view?

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dilbert1234

How do we remove the icon in question? The unexpected alteration in the user interface has caused discomfort among our clients. We do not have HCO and would run into security issues using platform connect. We would much rather not have this icon present.

sguido

I'm having the same issue. If SolarWinds is going to keep doing things like this they need to make sure it's very easy to remove them. I've opened a ticket with support and it's taking much longer and I'm having to jump through a lot more hoops than I should.

monitoringlife

I opened a feature request for tracking. https://thwack.solarwinds.com/product-forums/the-orion-platform/i/feature-requests/remove-platform-connect-icon-from-menu-bar

tomasv

I think for a major part of OrionWebconsole you can hide the icon by such a hack:

edit file
\Program Files\SolarWinds\Orion\Web\SolarWinds.css

add to the end of content such line:

.sw-platform-connect-info {display:none;}

edit file
\Program Files\SolarWinds\Orion\Web\ui\Views\Shared\_Layout.cshtml
add to the end of content such line:<br /><pre class="code codeBlock" spellcheck="false" tabindex="0"><style> .sw-platform-connect-info {display:none;} </style></pre><br />
after the change, force refresh the browser, to reload the browser cache.

It will not affect "new style" web parts, like /apps/account/userprofile

To change "new style" pages, you need to modify multiple files, something like this:

$orionWebsitePath = "C:\Program Files\SolarWinds\Orion\Web\apps\apps\"
$fixPageStyle="`r`n.sw-platform-connect-info {display:none;}"

Get-ChildItem -literalPath $orionWebsitePath -Recurse -Filter index.html | Foreach-Object { 
    $content = Get-Content -LiteralPath $_.FullName
    $content += $fixPageStyle
    Set-Content -Path $_.FullName -Value $content
}

monitoringlife

Love content like this, thanks!

tronnguyen

Hi guys!

Any file on the system can I insert this code?

$orionWebsitePath = "C:\Program Files\SolarWinds\Orion\Web\apps\apps\"
$fixPageStyle="`r`n<style>.sw-platform-connect-info {display:none;}</style>"

Get-ChildItem -literalPath $orionWebsitePath -Recurse -Filter index.html | Foreach-Object {
$content = Get-Content -LiteralPath $_.FullName
$content += $fixPageStyle
Set-Content -Path $_.FullName -Value $content
}

tronnguyen

I did it the following way and it seems to be fine

Step 1: edit file follow path below:
\Program Files\SolarWinds\Orion\Web\SolarWinds.css
at this row the end:
.sw-platform-connect-info {display:none;}
.fdk-pendo.ng-star-inserted {display:none;}
==============================================================================
Step 2: edit file follow path below:
\Program Files\SolarWinds\Orion\Web\ui\Views\Shared\_Layout.cshtml
at this row the end:
<style>.sw-platform-connect-info {display:none;}</style>
<style>.fdk-pendo.ng-star-inserted {display:none;}</style>
==============================================================================
Step 3: edit file follow path below:
\Program Files\SolarWinds\Orion\Web\ui\apps\apps\platform\index.xml
at this row the end:
<style>.sw-platform-connect-info {display:none;}</style>
<style>.fdk-pendo.ng-star-inserted {display:none;}</style>
=================================================================================
Reload browser again and check.

You can edit any website in the solarwinds at \Program Files\SolarWinds\Orion\Web\ui\apps\apps\

Edit file index.xml