Access 2010 - How to hide ribbon

I pretty sure, but not 100.1% sure - that you cannot remove the File table - if you are in the ACCDB format (you can if in MDB format). However, I keep thinking ... "There MUST be a way"

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I tried using:

DoCmd.ShowToolbar "Ribbon", acToolbarNo

in the Open event of the first form that displays, but this did not have any effect. I have also used the following in the XML Ribbon table and it did not work:

<customUI xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2009/07/customui">
      <ribbon startFromScratch="false">
      </ribbon>

<backstage>
    <buttonidMso="FileSave"visible="false"/>
    <buttonidMso="SaveObjectAs"visible="false"/>
    <buttonidMso="FileSaveAsCurrentFileFormat"visible="false"/>
    <buttonidMso="FileOpen"visible="false"/>
    <button idMso="FileCloseDatabase"visible="false"/>
    <tab idMso ="TabInfo"visible="false"/>  
    <tab idMso ="TabRecent"visible="false"/>
    <tabidMso ="TabNew"visible="false"/>
    <tabidMso ="TabPrint"visible="false"/>
    <tabidMso ="TabShare"visible="false"/>
    <tabidMso ="TabHelp"visible="false"/>
    <buttonidMso="ApplicationOptionsDialog"visible="false"/>
    <button idMso="FileExit"visible="false"/>
   </backstage>
 
 </customUI>  

Best option so far is:

<customUI xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2009/07/customui">
      <ribbon startFromScratch="true">
      </ribbon>
<backstage>
      <button idMso = "ApplicationOptionsDialog" visible="false"/>
      <button idMso = "FileExit" visible="false"/>
      <tab idMso = "TabPrint" visible="false"/>
</backstage>
</customUI>

The above code will make all buttons and tabs in the File Menu (Backstage) not visible, but the File tab remains as does the Quick Access Toolbar.

Yes ...

How to render the Ribbon File Tab useless:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/27231448/Access-2010-disable-or-modify-Quick-Access-Toolbar.html

See my posts toward the bottom of the tread ... with XML for USysRibbons table, etc.

After review of the post, I guess the File Tab remains, but is useless, and cannot be hidden?

Albert is an expert on Ribbons ... see his posts here:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2010-access/how-to-hide-just-the-file-tab-aka-backstage-in/25123c18-2c16-4a5e-8ee4-9f8f87b9e808

http://www.utteraccess.com/forum/Hide-File-Tab-Ribbon-t1973679.html

Thanks so much.

Seems every post I find shows how to disable items on .. the File tab, but not get rid of it.

Also ... get info on the de-facto standard ribbon tool site:

http://www.ribboncreator2010.de/

and here also:

http://www.ribbon01.com/

You might actually want to leave this Q open for a while, although this Q comes up frequently.

I'm working with Ribbons a LOT more now, and I will be searching for a way to do this :-)