How to hide Recycling bin and View All Site Content

Question

Is there a way to hide the "View All Site Content" and the "Recycling Bin" without modifying with S Designer.
Thanks

Answer 1

Hiding these links with CSS is a "band-aid" fix.  Users are still downloading the HTML for these controls, and users that don't use CSS will still see them in their entirety.  The best option is to remove them from your site's master page entirely.
First, look for the following lines of code in your master page.  This code renders the "View All Site Content" link:
<Sharepoint:SPSecurityTrimmedControl runat="server" PermissionsString="ViewFormPages">
<div class="ms-quicklaunchheader"><SharePoint:SPLinkButton id="idNavLinkViewAll" runat="server" NavigateUrl="~site/_layouts/viewlsts.aspx" Text="<%$Resources:wss,quiklnch_allcontent%>" AccessKey="<%$Resources:wss,quiklnch_allcontent_AK%>"/></div>
</SharePoint:SPSecurityTrimmedControl>
Now, the "Recycle Bin" link should look something like this:
<SharePoint:SPLinkButton runat="server" NavigateUrl="~site/_layouts/recyclebin.aspx" id="idNavLinkRecycleBin" ImageUrl="/_layouts/images/recycbin.gif" Text="<%$Resources:wss,StsDefault_RecycleBin%>" PermissionsString="DeleteListItems"/>
Now save, check in, and publish your changes.  I hope this helps!
Kyle