CRM 2011 - Hide or Disable Button from ribbon

CRM 2011   Hide or Disable Button from ribbon

 

 Source:http://mscrmshop.blogspot.com/2011/07/step-by-step-hiding-add-existing-button.html

Here are the steps

• Create a new solution.
• Add the contact entity to the solution. Do not include any required components or dependent components to the solution.
• Export the solution and unzip the solution file.
• Open the customizations file and look for “<RibbonDiffXml>” tag.
• Replace the <CustomActions /> with

<CustomActions>
  <HideCustomAction Location="Mscrm.SubGrid.contact.AddExistingAssoc" HideActionId="Mscrm.SubGrid.contact.AddExistingAssoc.HideAction" />
  <HideCustomAction Location="Mscrm.SubGrid.contact.AddExistingStandard" HideActionId="Mscrm.SubGrid.contact.AddExistingStandard.HideAction" />
</CustomActions>

• Save the file.
• Replace the customizaions.xml file in your zip solution with this file.
• Import the solution and publish the changes.

Note: Replace the highlighted "contact” text with your entity name. It can be “opportunity” or a custom entity like “new_entity” etc.