How to remove the What's new tab from your vBulletin menu?
To remove the What’s new tab from the forum’s navigation menu, open your vBulletin admin panel > Styles & Templates > Style Manager > Edit Template > Navigation / Breadcrumb Templates > navbar. Remove the following code from it:
<vb:if condition="!$vboptions['selectednavtab'] AND THIS_SCRIPT == 'search'">
<vb:if condition="$show['member']">
<li class="selected"><a class="navtab" href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getnew&contenttype=vBFor um_Post" accesskey="2">{vb:rawphrase getnew_tab}</a>
<ul class="floatcontainer">
<li><a href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getnew&contenttype=vBFor um_Post">{vb:rawphrase new_posts_nav}</a></li>
<li><a href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getnew&contenttype=vBFor um_SocialGroupMessage">{vb:rawphrase new_group_messages_nav}</a></li>
<li><a href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getnew&contenttype=vBFor um_Event">{vb:rawphrase new_events_nav}</a></li>
{vb:raw template_hook.navbar_getnew_menu}
<li><a href="forumdisplay.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=markread">{vb:rawphrase mark_forums_read}</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<vb:else />
<li class="selected"><a class="navtab" href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getdaily&contenttype=vBF orum_Post" accesskey="2">{vb:rawphrase getnew_tab}</a>
<ul class="floatcontainer">
<li><a href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getdaily&contenttype=vBF orum_Post">{vb:rawphrase todays_posts}</a></li>
<li><a href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getdaily&contenttype=vBF orum_SocialGroupMessage">{vb:rawphrase daily_group_message}</a></li>
<li><a href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getdaily&contenttype=vBF orum_Event">{vb:rawphrase daily_events}</a></li>
{vb:raw template_hook.navbar_getdaily_menu}
<li><a href="forumdisplay.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=markread">{vb:rawphrase mark_forums_read}</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</vb:if>
<vb:elseif condition="$show['member']" />
<li><a class="navtab" href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getnew&contenttype=vBFor um_Post" accesskey="2">{vb:rawphrase getnew_tab}</a></li>
<vb:else />
<li><a class="navtab" href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getdaily&contenttype=vBF orum_Post" accesskey="2">{vb:rawphrase getnew_tab}</a></li>
</vb:if>
Save the modification and the What’s new button will be removed from your vBulletin navigation menu.