This article will give you a few JSON formatting examples on how to hide buttons in the command bar of a SharePoint list view, such as “add new item”, or “automate”.

TL;DR;

You can hide one or more buttons in the command bar of your SharePoint list by using the following JSON. Pick only the keys you want to hide!

{
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/row-formatting.schema.json",
  "commandBarProps": {
    "commands": [
      {
        "key": "download",
        "hide": false
      },
      {
        "key": "share",
        "hide": true
      },
      {
        "key": "sync",
        "hide": false
      },
      {
        "key": "export",
        "hide": true
      },
      {
        "key": "automate",
        "hide": true
      },
      {
        "key": "integrate",
        "hide": true
      },
      {
        "key": "undo",
        "hide": true
      },
      {
        "key": "new",
        "hide": false
      },
      {
        "key": "editInGridView",
        "hide": true
      },
      {
        "key": "manageForms",
        "hide": true
      },
      {
        "key": "alertMe",
        "hide": true
      },
      {
        "key": "manageAlert",
        "hide": true
      },
      {
        "key": "edit",
        "hide": true
      },
      {
        "key": "copyLink",
        "hide": true
      },
      {
        "key": "comment",
        "hide": true
      },
      {
        "key": "delete",
        "hide": true
      },
      {
        "key": "versionHistory",
        "hide": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

Intro

The command bar in the SharePoint Online list view has several buttons:

• Add new item
• Edit in grid view
• Undo
• Share
• Export
• Forms
• Automate
• Integrate
• Alert me
• Manage my alerts

And some extra buttons that appear in the command bar when you select an item:

• Edit
• Share
• Copy link
• Comment
• Delete
• Version history

Hide a button in the command bar

If you want to hide e.g. “add new item” button in the command bar of your SharePoint Online list, navigate to the view name on the right (e.g. “All Items”), and click “Format current view”

At the bottom there is an Advanced Mode button. You may need to scroll. Click on the Advanced Mode:

and enter the JSON code with your selected keys.

Mind you, the buttons are only hidden. The functionalities still exist. Hiding the keys from the SharePoint list does not affect users’ permissions. If they find a creative way (e.g. via Graph API) to add a new item, or create a flow starting from Power Platform entry point - they can still do it.

A list of command bar buttons with the corresponding key

The keys have very intuitive names. Most of them are called exactly by their display name (the name you see in the user interface). There are only a few exceptions. Here you can find the list of command bar buttons with the corresponding key:

Examples

Example 1

Hide the alerts functionality - “Alert me” and “Manage my alerts”:

{
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/row-formatting.schema.json",
  "commandBarProps": {
    "commands": [
      {
        "key": "alertMe",
        "hide": true
      },
      {
        "key": "manageAlert",
        "hide": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

Example 2

Hide Share, Export, and Automate buttons from the command bar of the SharePoint list:

Example 3

Hide Forms button from the command bar of the SharePoint list: