How do I remove this from the template?

[KerryAnn]

How do I remove this toggle button, circled in red, from the template?

[Princeton]

you need to manually edit the forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost templates

look for (or something similar) :

<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumbit_$forumid')"><img id="collapseimg_forumbit_$forumid" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat{$collapseimg_forumid}.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>

and remove

[KerryAnn]

Thanks, Princeton. I did that and it got rid of the toggle buttons, but unfortunately if you had a section collapsed, it stayed collapsed and un-viewable when the toggle was removed. I need both the sections permanently opened and the toggle removed.