---
title: "Breaking: #72419 - Remove deprecated code from backend controllers"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:breaking-72419"
source: "Changelog/8.0/Breaking-72419-RemoveDeprecatedCodeFromBackendControllers.rst"
modified: "2026-09-14T09:47:36+00:00"
---

# Breaking: #72419 - Remove deprecated code from backend controllers

See [forge#72419](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/72419)

## Description

Remove deprecated code from backend controllers

The following methods have been removed:

`BackendController::getPageRenderer`
`BackendController::addToolbarItem`
`ClickMenuController::init`
`ClickMenuController::main`
`ClickMenuController::printContent`
`ElementInformationController::printContent`
`MoveElementController::printContent`
`NewContentElementController::getWizardItems`
`DummyController::printContent`
`EditDocumentController::printContent`
`EditDocumentController::editRegularContentFromId`
`FileSystemNavigationFrameController::printContent`
`LoginFramesetController::printContent`
`NewRecordController::printContent`
`SimpleDataHandlerController::finish`
`ColorpickerController::printContent`
`EditController::closeWindow`
`RteController::printContent`
`TableController::printContent`

The following classes have been removed completely:

`ListFrameLoaderController`
`PageTreeNavigationController`

## Impact

Using the one of the methods or classes above will result in a fatal error.

## Affected Installations

Instances which use custom calls to the methods or classes above.

## Migration

For `BackendController::addToolbarItem` Toolbar items are registered in $GLOBALS\['TYPO3_CONF_VARS'\]\['BE'\]\['toolbarItems'\] now.