When I was messing around with the evaluation copy of RH I managed to generate output without the Back icon (shown on the screenpic below).
I cant remember how I did it now!
Any ideas folks?
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Hmmm, thinking about the history of the way RoboHelp has always worked, I'd be surprised if that was the answer. But hey, these new Responsive layouts behave in seemingly odd ways. So maybe it will be.
Hopefully if that fixes it, Johnvarvatsis will reply back.
What I would have asked to see is what the TOC looks like inside the RoboHelp editing environment. And my own guess is that I would see something like this when screen captured and posted:
Sooo, Johnvarvatsis - Am I close? Can you share a screen capture of your TOC editor in RoboHelp?
Cheers... Rick 
I tried doing what you suggested and when I clicked OK on the TOC Book Properties dialog (your screenshot, above) I was prompted to specify a Destination in the Link To drop down. When I did this, clickin on the top level book just took me to that topic. What I wanted to happen was for the "child" topics of the book I selected to be displayed, as shown in my original screenshot. but without the ​Back​ tile.
Here is a screenshot of the current toc.
When I managed to hide it, the Back tile / button would appear in the generated help for a fraction of a second and then disappear, leaving only the TOC tiles.
I wish I could remember what i'd done. Looks like Id be quite popular if I could
Well, here's the TOC in the project (help tool evaluation) where the BACK button only appeared momentarily. Seems I'd created a nested Book, and by right clicking the nested book: Online Help Requirements (highlighted below) I was able to edit it and add content to the book, which was an HTM file. Then when it didn't appear in the help,I must have linked the book to the HTM file while I was hacking about, realised that worked for me and done it to the rest of the books as well.
I suppose in the nested book, one could create links to child pages within the book,
("This section contains the following topics:
hyperlink to topic 1
hyperlink to topic 2
etc.")
which would be one way of getting rid of the ugly BAck button.
Guess I just confused the hell out of it in the end 
Anyhow, if you don't like the back button, that's the way to get rid
I agree the new position of the Back button is wasting screen space but I understand there was some technical reason. What I am not getting in this thread is how the user goes back other than using the Browser back button. How are you expecting them to do that?
As you are not alone in not liking the new position, maybe a feature request to find a better solution should be submitted. Please follow this link to report bugs and request features. The more people who do so, the higher it gets prioritised.
Post the link to that bug/feature in this thread and others can vote for it.
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There was a thread recently regarding changing the tile size.
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thanks peter. I saw that. But its a bit heavy going for me. Id like to get a better understanding of css and javascript at some point. but not today
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