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In this post, you learn how to hide the ribbon in SharePoint 2010 by using JavaScript. About the Ribbon in SharePoint 2010 The SharePoint 2010 ribbon provides a similar user experience as the Microsoft Office client products. The ribbon is a toolbar which appears on top of the page to provide the most commonly used tools, controls, and commands. The ribbon hierarchy is organized as follows (see Figure 1 and Figure 2): Contextual Tag Group - A contextual tab enables you to provide a set of user interface (UI) controls within a certain context. For example, when you select a table in a document, a set of tabs is displayed to work with the table. When the table is deselected, the contextual tabs are hidden. Contextual tabs with a similar context are organized in a contextual tab group so you can have more than one tab in a group. Tabs – Tabs are used to organize groups of related controls. For example, an Insert tab displays controls that enable you to insert vari...