---
title: "How to remove a button from toolbars"
canonical_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/knowledge-base/remove-tool-variant-from-toolbar/"
md_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/knowledge-base/remove-tool-variant-from-toolbar.md"
last_updated: "2026-06-26T03:15:47.233Z"
description: "Learn to remove the ink highlighter button from the annotation creation toolbar in Nutrient. Customize your toolbars for a streamlined user experience."
---

You can edit Nutrient’s toolbars before they’re displayed onscreen. This example shows how to remove the ink highlighter button from the annotation toolbar:

```kt

override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
    setOnContextualToolbarLifecycleListener(this)
}

override fun onPrepareContextualToolbar(toolbar: ContextualToolbar<*>) {
    if (toolbar is AnnotationToolbar) {
        // Get the existing menu items so you can modify them.
        val menuItems = toolbar.menuItems

        // Find and remove the ink highlighter button from the toolbar.
        val highlighterItem = menuItems.find { it.id ==  R.id.pspdf__annotation_toolbar_item_ink_highlighter}
        if (highlighterItem!= null) {
            menuItems.remove(highlighterItem)
        }

        // Replace the menu items.
        toolbar.setMenuItems(menuItems)
    }
}

override fun onDisplayContextualToolbar(toolbar: ContextualToolbar<*>) {}
override fun onRemoveContextualToolbar(toolbar: ContextualToolbar<*>) {}

```

---

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