Remove top menu from product and product display page?

Question

I am trying to remove top menu from product and product display page. I created local.xml file and added below code.

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<layout version = "0.1.0">
    <default>
        <catalog_category_default>
           <reference name="header">
              <remove name="top.menu" />
           </reference>
        </catalog_category_default>
    </default>
</layout>

But this is not working. How to remove? what is wrong in this code?

Answer 1

If you are mentioning category pages and product view pages, then try this in your local.xml file

 <?xml version="1.0" ?>
 <layout version = "0.1.0">
    <catalog_category_view>
        <remove name="top.menu" />
    </catalog_category_view>
    <catalog_product_view>
        <remove name="top.menu" />
    </catalog_product_view>
</layout>

Note : You should make sure that, local.xml file resides in the correct package/theme location

Answer 2

Try this:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<layout version = "0.1.0">
    <default>
        <reference name = "left">
            <action method = "unsetChild"><name>topMenu</name></action>
        </reference>
        <reference name = "header">
            <action method = "insert"><blockName>top.menu</blockName></action>
        </reference>
    </default>
</layout>

just change the reference name. that is unset the "left" and insert in "header".Hope it helps you.