<p>Inside the buttons array, you should only mention formatting.</p>
<p>The actual styles you want to put inside an array with key &quot;formatting&quot;.</p>
<pre><code>{
  &quot;buttons&quot;: [
    &quot;html&quot;,
    &quot;formatting&quot;,
    &quot;bold&quot;,
    &quot;italic&quot;,
    &quot;unorderedlist&quot;,
    &quot;orderedlist&quot;,
    &quot;link&quot;,
    &quot;image&quot;,
    &quot;video&quot;
  ],
  &quot;formatting&quot;: [&quot;p&quot;, &quot;h2&quot;, &quot;h3&quot;, &quot;h4&quot;, &quot;h5&quot;],
  &quot;plugins&quot;: [
    &quot;fullscreen&quot;,
    &quot;video&quot;
  ],
  &quot;linkNewTab&quot;: true,
  &quot;toolbarFixed&quot;: true
}
</code></pre>
<p>Reading a bit further in the docs, you could also remove the styles you don't want, instead of stating the ones you do want:
<code>formattingHide: [&quot;blockquote&quot;, &quot;pre&quot;, &quot;h1&quot;]</code></p>

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<p>In the past I've managed to remove a few formatting buttons from Redactor but am having trouble with the new version.</p>
<p>The goal is to remove 'quote', 'code' and 'heading1' from the formatting-dropdown. (see attached).</p>
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<p>So far I have tried various ways of inserting this <a href="https://imperavi.com/redactor/examples/formatting/change-formatting-dropdown/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">from the documentation</a>:</p>
<p><code>['p', 'h2', 'h3', 'h4', 'h5']</code></p>
<p>This is the only attempt which hasn't resulted in a syntax error, but which has resulted in the formatting button disappearing completely!</p>
<pre><code>  &quot;buttons&quot;: [
    &quot;html&quot;,
    &quot;formatting: ['p', 'h2', 'h3', 'h4', 'h5']&quot;,
    &quot;bold&quot;,
    &quot;italic&quot;,
    &quot;unorderedlist&quot;,
    &quot;orderedlist&quot;,
    &quot;link&quot;,
    &quot;image&quot;,
    &quot;video&quot;
  ],
  &quot;plugins&quot;: [
    &quot;fullscreen&quot;,
    &quot;video&quot;
  ],
  &quot;linkNewTab&quot;: true,
  &quot;toolbarFixed&quot;: true
}
</code></pre>
<p>Please could you spoon feed me the json as I cannot seem to find the answer anywhere. Thanks in advance for your help!</p>

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Help with the latest Redactor, removing formatting options
# Help with the latest Redactor, removing formatting options

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-11-11)

In the past I've managed to remove a few formatting buttons from Redactor but am having trouble with the new version.
The goal is to remove 'quote', 'code' and 'heading1' from the formatting-dropdown. (see attached).

So far I have tried various ways of inserting this from the documentation:
['p', 'h2', 'h3', 'h4', 'h5']
This is the only attempt which hasn't resulted in a syntax error, but which has resulted in the formatting button disappearing completely!
  "buttons": [
    "html",
    "formatting: ['p', 'h2', 'h3', 'h4', 'h5']",
    "bold",
    "italic",
    "unorderedlist",
    "orderedlist",
    "link",
    "image",
    "video"
  ],
  "plugins": [
    "fullscreen",
    "video"
  ],
  "linkNewTab": true,
  "toolbarFixed": true
}

Please could you spoon feed me the json as I cannot seem to find the answer anywhere. Thanks in advance for your help!

**Tags:** redactor, button, remove

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-11-11. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Inside the buttons array, you should only mention formatting.
The actual styles you want to put inside an array with key "formatting".
{
  "buttons": [
    "html",
    "formatting",
    "bold",
    "italic",
    "unorderedlist",
    "orderedlist",
    "link",
    "image",
    "video"
  ],
  "formatting": ["p", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5"],
  "plugins": [
    "fullscreen",
    "video"
  ],
  "linkNewTab": true,
  "toolbarFixed": true
}

Reading a bit further in the docs, you could also remove the styles you don't want, instead of stating the ones you do want:
formattingHide: ["blockquote", "pre", "h1"]

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