How to remove Dashboard and other words from the menu on the left?

Welcome to the Community, @lisa-gardino.

In QuickBooks Online (QBO), the menus located in the left pane are default and will give you different types of options to manage your account. The ability to remove them is currently unavailable.

I can see that you're not using these menus and will definitely take note of this. Our Product Developers are always looking for ideas to consider on how to improve QBO.

In the meantime, I recommend visiting our Blog site. This is where we share recent happenings and future developments, such as updates to newly added features. Here's the link: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/blog/.

To get to know more about the Home Dashboard and other menus, consider checking out these articles:

• An introduction to the home dashboard.
• Manage your clients with the Client dashboard.
• Get started with QuickBooks Online - Frequently Asked Questions.

Please leave a comment in this thread if you have any other concerns or questions. I'm more than willing to help. Have a good one!