You would want your readers to access only specific articles in some projects. By implementing the below solution, the readers can access the article only when they have the exact URL. The category manager will be hidden.

This is a project-specific implementation. All the workspaces will be impacted.

Solution

6_Screenshot-How_to_hide_the_category_manager

  1. Go to Settings → Knowledge base site → Custom CSS & JavaScript → Custom CSS

  2. Paste the below code snippet:

.left_sidebar{
  display:none !important;
}
.left-sidebar-toggle{
   display:none !important;
}
  1. Click Save

Outcome

Before

The category manager was available to the readers.
17_Screenshot-Before_category_manager

After

The category manager is hidden with the help of the above snippet.
18_Screenshot-After_category_manager