Change admin menu item

Question

How would I unset this menu item: Content > Add Content > Article

I would like to programmatically disable that path-page (node/add/article), or even better use that path for another page. I tried using hook_menu_alter(&$items). Does not work for that path, while on others custom menu items that I created using hook_menu it does work.

Update: This is simple code that I tried (unset the $item key):

mymodule_hook_menu_alter(&$items) {
     unset($items['node/add/article'])
}

Answer 1

Admin menu is an yet another menu, which builds programmatically. So you can modify items using hooks registered for any menus.

If you would like to disallow atricle creation by specified role, just remove appropriate permission.

If this does not helps, look at admin_menu_menu_alter() and theme_admin_menu_links().