Automated customization of software feature availability based on usage patterns and history

A computer program product for customizing available features in an application, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to:

• monitor features historically used in an application;
• detect that a feature has been used less than a threshold number of times within a particular period of time;
• and
• automatically remove the feature from a drop-down menu in the application based on the detecting that the feature has been used less than the threshold number of times within the particular period of time.

A system comprising:

• a CPU, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage medium associated with a computing device;
• program instructions to store historical usage information for an application;
• and
• program instructions to automatically add a related feature to the application that is associated with a feature that is used at a threshold frequency as identified by the historical usage information,
• wherein the program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for execution by the CPU via the computer readable memory.