[Plugin: WordPress SEO by Yoast] Remove SEO menu from admin bar

Firstly, here is a good snippet for adding and removing elements of the admin bar. https://wp-snippets.com/addremove-wp-admin-bar-links/

The key is finding the id used. Looking at the plugin it appears to be wpseo-menu

If you add the following to you functions.php it should remove it

<?php
function mytheme_admin_bar_render() {
	global $wp_admin_bar;
	$wp_admin_bar->remove_menu('wpseo-menu');
}
// and we hook our function via
add_action( 'wp_before_admin_bar_render', 'mytheme_admin_bar_render' );
?>

If you want it role based. For example, you want it to show for Admins but not editors you could use a conditional to show only for certain capabilities.

For example,

if(! current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {
$wp_admin_bar->remove_menu('wpseo-menu');
}

@keap – Reduce code where you can.

Dive into “./wordpress-seo/inc/wpseo-non-ajax-functions.php” then navigate to line 100. Just start shredding into the code.

Have fun with your adventure.