Magento - remove block using update XML

Question

How do I use a layout xml file to remove an already existing block? Specifically, I want to remove the block named \"currency\" from the block named \"top.switches\". It is bein

Answer 1

add file named local.xml in your layout directory . then in local.xml you can remove any block with "remove" tag . BTW the remove tag should be between "layout" and "default" then the file should be :