Thanks @jamiemccardle , I directly used the constraint of content being available or not under a category. For example, if the user has a role under one category : There would be some content(Categories/Boards). Else, it would be blank/null. Code:  <#assign query= "SELECT title, view_href, id FROM categories WHERE parent_category.id='categoryId' AND hidden=false ORDER BY position ASC" /> <#assign categoryContent= liql(query) /> <#if !(categoryContent?has_content)> <script> $("#categoryId").css("display","none"); //Can be different depending on your code </script> </#if> Here I used just a simple if else block to hide/unhide the category. So, if the category has no content - Do not display. Note: You would also require to assign the category id to the element in order to use the DOM. ... View more