Using E1 Pages instead of Navigator
I would like to control the access to reports and applications by publishing E1 Pages to specific Roles and having Navigator unavailable. In the process of exploring making this happen I learned about Simplified Navigation, and about an existing bug request to remove the entire banner including the Navigator icon. If the ability to hide the Navigator icon only would be useful to you also, please consider adding yourself to the bug report created for this.
Bug 28592215 : ABILITY TO REMOVE THE NAVIGATOR BUTTON/ICON FROM E1 9.2
Bug 14177004 : ABILITY TO REMOVE THE NAVIGATOR BANNER FROM E1 9.1
Doc ID 1952072.1 : How to Configure, Create and Manage the Simplified Navigation Feature and Form UI changes with 9.1.5