With the latest version of ui-grid (v3.0.0-rc.16) it is possible to turn the horizontal and vertical scrollbar off seperately. I got this working by exchanging
With John Papa style:
ExampleController.$inject = ['$scope', 'uiGridConstants']; function ExampleController($scope, uiGridConstants) { var vm = this; vm.gridOptions = { enableHorizontalScrollbar : uiGridConstants.scrollbars.NEVER, enableVerticalScrollbar : uiGridConstants.scrollbars.NEVER }; }