---
title: "Breaking: #76527 - Cleanup ContextMenu classes"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:breaking-76527"
source: "Changelog/8.2/Breaking-76527-CleanupContextMenuClasses.rst"
typo3-version: "8.2"
typo3-major: 8
type: "breaking"
issue: 76527
forge: "https://forge.typo3.org/issues/76527"
tags: ["PHP-API", "Backend"]
rendered: "2026-09-19T12:12:50+00:00"
---

# Breaking: #76527 - Cleanup ContextMenu classes {#breaking-76527}

See [forge#76527](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/76527)

## Description {#description}

The classes of the ContextMenu (used in page tree) have been refactored.
The following classes have been removed:

-   `\TYPO3\CMS\Backend\ContextMenu\AbstractContextMenu`
-   `\TYPO3\CMS\Backend\ContextMenu\AbstractContextMenuDataProvider`
-   `\TYPO3\CMS\Backend\ContextMenu\Extdirect\AbstractExtdirectContextMenu`
-   `\TYPO3\CMS\Backend\ContextMenu\Renderer\AbstractContextMenuRenderer`

## Impact {#impact}

Extensions which use one of the classes above will stop working.

## Affected Installations {#affected-installations}

All installations with a 3rd party extension using one of the classes above.