diff --git a/doc/release-notes/10941-remove-custom-guides-navbar.md b/doc/release-notes/10941-remove-custom-guides-navbar.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..69251af1649
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/release-notes/10941-remove-custom-guides-navbar.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Navigation across the guides has been improved. You can now click in the upper left to go "home". The navbar has been simplified with fewer links. The bottom of every page now has "Next" and "Previous" links. A "Source" link at the bottom has also been added. See #10942.
diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/_static/docsdataverse_org.css b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/_static/docsdataverse_org.css
index 726abcc42bd..d861a788681 100755
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/_static/docsdataverse_org.css
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/_static/docsdataverse_org.css
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ iframe {
 
 a.navbar-brand, a.navbar-brand:hover {
     color:#C55B28 !important;
+    height: 50px;
+    background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) url("../_static/images/dataverseicon.png") no-repeat scroll 0 8px;
+    line-height: 20px;
+    padding-left: 26px;
 }
 span.navbar-brand {color:#C55B28 !important; padding-left: 32px; height: 50px;}
 span.navbar-brand .icon-dataverse {color:#C55B28; font-size:28px; margin: -4px 0 0 -27px; position: absolute;}
@@ -48,13 +52,6 @@ ul.navbar-nav li.dropdown.open > span.dropdown-toggle {background: #e7e7e7;}
 .text-dataset {color:#31708F;}
 .text-file {color:#777777;}
 
-#dataverse-org-homepage-url {
-    height: 50px;
-    background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) url("../_static/images/dataverseicon.png") no-repeat scroll 0 8px;
-    line-height: 20px;
-    padding-left: 26px;
-}
-
 .navbar-default .navbar-nav > li > a {
     color: #303030 !important;
 }
@@ -189,4 +186,4 @@ div.sphinx-tabs {
 
 li div.sphinx-tabs {
     padding-left: 0;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/_static/navbar_from_dataverse_org.js b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/_static/navbar_from_dataverse_org.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7432b63d38d..00000000000
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/_static/navbar_from_dataverse_org.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/*  
-    Use the HTML from the Dataverse.org navbar 
-    See:  https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse.org/tree/master/dataverse_org/templates/sphinx-navbar    
-*/
-function load_navbar(){
-    //var navbar_url = 'http://127.0.0.1:8000/nav-only-json/?callback=?';    
-    //var navbar_url = 'http://beta.dataverse.org/nav-only-json/?callback=?';    
-    var navbar_url = 'http://dataverse.org/nav-only-json/?callback=?';    
-    
-    var jqxhr = $.getJSON( navbar_url, function(data) {
-        console.log( "success" );
-        $('#dv-bs-navbar-details').html(data.navbar_html);
-        $("#dataverse-org-homepage-url").attr("href", data.dataverse_dot_org_homepage_url)
-    })
-    .fail(function() {
-        console.log( "error" );
-        $('#dv-bs-navbar-details').html('<!-- failed to retrieve navbar -->');
-    })
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/_templates/navbar.html b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/_templates/navbar.html
deleted file mode 100644
index d88306be8ae..00000000000
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/_templates/navbar.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-{#      For dataverse.org SPHINX projects                                                               #}
-{#      Instructions:                                                                                   #}
-{#          (1) For a Sphinx project, copy the **contents** of this file into **navbar.html**           #}
-{#          (2) Location of **navbar.html** within a SPHINX project:                                    #}
-{#              - /source/_templates/**navbar.html**                                                    #}
-
-
-<nav class="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-top" role="navigation">
-    <div class="container">
-        <!-- Brand and toggle get grouped for better mobile display -->
-        <div class="navbar-header">
-            <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#dv-bs-navbar-details">
-                <span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
-                <span class="icon-bar"></span>
-                <span class="icon-bar"></span>
-                <span class="icon-bar"></span>
-            </button>
-            <a class="navbar-brand" href="https://dataverse.org" id="dataverse-org-homepage-url">Dataverse Project</a>
-        </div>
-        <!-- Collect the nav links, forms, and other content for toggling -->
-
-       <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="dv-bs-navbar-details">
-           <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
-                <li class="dropdown">
-                    <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">About <span class="caret"></span></a>
-                    <ul class="dropdown-menu">
-                        <li><a target="_blank" href="https://dataverse.org/about">About the Project</a></li>
-                        <li><a target="_blank" href="https://dataverse.org/blog">Blog</a></li>
-                        <li><a target="_blank" href="https://dataverse.org/presentations">Presentations</a></li>
-                        <li><a target="_blank" href="https://dataverse.org/publications">Publications</a></li>
-                    </ul>
-                </li>
-                <li>
-                    <a target="_blank" href="https://dataverse.org/">
-                        Community
-                    </a>
-                </li>
-                <li>
-                    <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">Best Practices <span class="caret"></span></a>
-                    <ul class="dropdown-menu">
-                        <li><a target="_blank" href="https://dataverse.org/best-practices/academic-credit">Academic Credit</a></li>
-                        <li><a target="_blank" href="https://dataverse.org/best-practices/data-citation">Data Citation</a></li>
-                        <li><a target="_blank" href="https://dataverse.org/best-practices/dataverse-community-norms">Dataverse Community Norms</a></li>
-                        <li><a target="_blank" href="https://dataverse.org/best-practices/data-management">Data Management</a></li>
-                        <li><a target="_blank" href="https://dataverse.org/best-practices/replication-dataset">Replication Dataset Guidelines</a></li>
-                    </ul>
-                </li>
-                <li>
-                    <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">Software <span class="caret"></span></a>
-                    <ul class="dropdown-menu">
-                        <li><a target="_blank" href="https://dataverse.org/software-features">Features</a></li>
-                        <li><a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse">Source Code</a></li>
-                        <li><a target="_blank" href="https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/user/index.html">User Guide</a></li>
-                        <li><a target="_blank" href="https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/installation/index.html">Installation Guide</a></li>
-                        <li><a target="_blank" href="https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/api/index.html">API Guide</a></li>
-                        <li><a target="_blank" href="https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/developers/index.html">Developer Guide</a></li>
-                        <li><a target="_blank" href="https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/style/index.html">Style Guide</a></li>
-                        <li><a target="_blank" href="https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/admin/index.html">Admin Guide</a></li>
-                    </ul>
-                </li>
-                <li>
-                    <a target="_blank" href="https://dataverse.org/">
-                        Contact
-                    </a>
-                </li>
-            </ul>
-       </div><!-- /.navbar-collapse -->
-    </div>
-    <!-- /.container -->
-</nav>
diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/conf.py b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/conf.py
index 2aa1b486919..26e71672f2e 100755
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/conf.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
     #     ("Link", "http://example.com", True),
     # ],
     'navbar_links': [
-        ("View 3.6.2 Guides", "http://docs.dataverse.org/en/3.6.2/", True),
+        ("About Dataverse", "https://dataverse.org", True),
     ],
     
     # Global TOC depth for "site" navbar tab. (Default: 1)
diff --git a/doc/sphinx_bootstrap_theme/bootstrap/globaltoc.html b/doc/sphinx_bootstrap_theme/bootstrap/globaltoc.html
index d5df46c60d5..aa1d860a924 100755
--- a/doc/sphinx_bootstrap_theme/bootstrap/globaltoc.html
+++ b/doc/sphinx_bootstrap_theme/bootstrap/globaltoc.html
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 <li class="dropdown globaltoc-container">
+<!-- Comment out "Site" from navbar (we list guides in the sidebar anyway) -->
+<!--
   <a role="button"
      id="dLabelGlobalToc"
      data-toggle="dropdown"
      data-target="#"
      href="{{ pathto(master_doc) }}">{{ theme_navbar_site_name }} <b class="caret"></b></a>
+-->
   <ul class="dropdown-menu globaltoc"
       role="menu"
       aria-labelledby="dLabelGlobalToc">{{ toctree(maxdepth=theme_globaltoc_depth|toint, collapse=False, includehidden=theme_globaltoc_includehidden|tobool) }}</ul>
diff --git a/doc/sphinx_bootstrap_theme/bootstrap/layout.html b/doc/sphinx_bootstrap_theme/bootstrap/layout.html
index d3ccd463814..3a8bc9330eb 100755
--- a/doc/sphinx_bootstrap_theme/bootstrap/layout.html
+++ b/doc/sphinx_bootstrap_theme/bootstrap/layout.html
@@ -86,6 +86,22 @@
     {%- block sidebar1 %}{{ bsidebar() }}{% endblock %}
     <div class="{{ bs_span_prefix }}{{ bs_content_width }} content" role="main">
       {% block body %}{% endblock %}
+      <!-- Previous button -->
+      {%- if prev %}
+        <a href="{{ prev.link|e }}" title="{{ _('Previous Chapter: ') + prev.title|striptags }}">
+          {%- if theme_bootstrap_version == "2" -%}<span class="icon-chevron-left visible-tablet"></span>{%- endif -%}
+          {%- if theme_bootstrap_version == "3" -%}<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-left visible-sm"></span>{%- endif -%}
+          <span class="hidden-sm hidden-tablet">{{ "&laquo;Previous"|safe }}</span>
+        </a>
+      {%- endif %}
+      <!-- Next button -->
+      {%- if next %}
+        <a href="{{ next.link|e }}" title="{{ _('Next Chapter: ') + next.title|striptags }}" style="float: right;">
+          {%- if theme_bootstrap_version == "2" -%}<span class="icon-chevron-right visible-tablet"></span>{%- endif -%}
+          {%- if theme_bootstrap_version == "3" -%}<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-right visible-sm"></span>{%- endif -%}
+          <span class="hidden-sm hidden-tablet">{{ "Next&raquo"|safe }}</span>
+        </a>
+      {%- endif %}
     </div>
     {% block sidebar2 %} {# possible location for sidebar #} {% endblock %}
   </div>
diff --git a/doc/sphinx_bootstrap_theme/bootstrap/navbar.html b/doc/sphinx_bootstrap_theme/bootstrap/navbar.html
index 5c1d9b9b928..f04d8742f54 100755
--- a/doc/sphinx_bootstrap_theme/bootstrap/navbar.html
+++ b/doc/sphinx_bootstrap_theme/bootstrap/navbar.html
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
           {%- block sidebarlogo %}
             {%- if logo %}<span><img src="{{ pathto('_static/' + logo, 1) }}"></span>{%- endif %}
           {%- endblock %}
-          {% if theme_navbar_title -%}{{ theme_navbar_title|e }}{%- else -%}{{ project|e }}{%- endif -%}
+          {% if theme_navbar_title -%}{{ theme_navbar_title|e }}{%- else -%}Dataverse Guides{%- endif -%}
         </a>
-        <span class="navbar-text navbar-version pull-left"><b>{{ version|e }}</b></span>
+        <span class="navbar-text navbar-version pull-left"><b><a href="{{ pathto('versions') }}">v{{ version|e }}</a></b></span>
       </div>
 
         <div class="collapse navbar-collapse nav-collapse">
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@
             {% endblock %}
             {% if theme_navbar_sidebarrel %}
               {% block sidebarrel %}
+                <!-- comment out "prev" and "next" buttons -->
+                <!--
                 {% include "relations.html" %}
+                -->
               {% endblock %}
             {% endif %}
             {% block navbarextra %}
diff --git a/doc/sphinx_bootstrap_theme/bootstrap/navbartoc.html b/doc/sphinx_bootstrap_theme/bootstrap/navbartoc.html
index 8def043a6fe..0a8e0cbc9fb 100755
--- a/doc/sphinx_bootstrap_theme/bootstrap/navbartoc.html
+++ b/doc/sphinx_bootstrap_theme/bootstrap/navbartoc.html
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 <li class="dropdown">
+<!-- Comment out "Page" from navbar (we put contents on every page anyway) -->
+<!--
   <a role="button"
      id="dLabelLocalToc"
      data-toggle="dropdown"
      data-target="#"
      href="#">{{ _(theme_navbar_pagenav_name) }} <b class="caret"></b></a>
+-->
   <ul class="dropdown-menu localtoc"
       role="menu"
       aria-labelledby="dLabelLocalToc">{{ toc }}</ul>
diff --git a/doc/sphinx_bootstrap_theme/bootstrap/theme.conf b/doc/sphinx_bootstrap_theme/bootstrap/theme.conf
index 294eacb3be0..500f0ac7213 100755
--- a/doc/sphinx_bootstrap_theme/bootstrap/theme.conf
+++ b/doc/sphinx_bootstrap_theme/bootstrap/theme.conf
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ navbar_fixed_top = true
 
 # Location of link to source.
 # Options are "nav" (default), "footer" or anything else to exclude.
-source_link_position = nav
+source_link_position = footer
 
 # Bootswatch (http://bootswatch.com/) theme.
 #