26: Remove Unwanted Views

In FSX, there are many views one can choose from and cycle through by pressing S (next category) and A (next view in category) on the keyboard, including Cockpit (2D), Virtual Cockpit (3D), Locked Spot, FlyBy, Top-Down, etc.   Often there are views that we seldom or never use, however.

Steps below will get rid some of them for good.

Option 1:
1) Locate Cameras.cfg (x:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX) and make a backup of it
2) Open the file and you will find 11 Camera Definition sectons inside
3) Just delete the Camera Definition section(s) you don’t need
4) Save and Exit

Option 2:
Instead of deleting the whole Camera Definition section, putting a “//” at the beginning of each line in the section will also remove the view.  Example shown below deactivates (removes) the 2D cockpit view completely from all aircraft.

//[CameraDefinition.001]
//Title = Cockpit
//Guid = {B1386D92-4782-4682-A137-738E25D1BAB5}
//Description = This is the description of the cockpit view
//Origin = Cockpit
//ShowPanel = Yes
//SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
//SnapPbhReturn = True
//PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
//PanPbhReturn = True
//Track = None
//ShowAxis = FrontOnly
//AllowZoom = TRUE
//InitialZoom = 1.0
//SmoothZoomTime = 2.0
//ShowWeather = Yes
//XyzAdjust = TRUE
//InitialXyz=0, 0, 0
//ShowLensFlare=FALSE
//Category = Cockpit
//HotKeySelect=2

Option 3:
Above Option 1 and 2 will remove a specific view(s) completely from ALL aircrafts.   If you just want to remove the view(s) from a specific aircraft, ALL CHANGES SHOULD ONLY BE MADE through the airplane’s aircraft.cfg using the same method instead.

See also Add New Views