Hi @imtove,

I hope you are well today and thank you for your question.

Remove this thing in the upper right corner: http://prntscr.com/i9ipfu
It doesn’t serve any purpose but I can’t seem to find settings to remove it.

You can remove it by adding the following CSS code in the Custom CSS code option of your theme on the below path.

Admin Area -> Appearance -> Theme Settings -> Custom Code -> CSS Code

li.menu-item.sh-nav-share.sh-nav-special {
    display: none;
}

In the dashboard: http://prntscr.com/i9iqkd
I don’t need extensions so I would like this not be permanently there in my dashboard

To remove that message you can just install the required extensions by downloading them as shown in the attached screenshot but don’t activate them.

I deleted the visual composer plugin because I don’t ever plan on using it, but I see that it says it is required to have it. For now my site seems to function well, so is it fine to not have it installed?

Yes if you don’t want to use any of its functionality then it’s fine.

Best regards,
Shufflehound team