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I am using the simple fields plugin to provide additional rich text editors and have no need for this 'main' text editor box on any of my 'page's

I have tried the following code in my functions.php:

function my_remove_meta_boxes() {
remove_meta_box('postdivrich','page','normal');
add_action( 'admin_menu', 'my_remove_meta_boxes' );
Apparently this will not work since it is not actually a meta box...
I suppose I could sneak some jQuery in somewhere: ('#postdivrich').hide() but I am not really sure where to put it, and suspect that there is a better way.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Edit: this question describes how to do what I want, but for a custom post type.  Can I apply this same technique to 'pages' somehow?
Edit 2: Using noob power I made something work, but for all post-types and with it flashing on screen before being hidden.  I skipped JQuery and went straight for plain ole JS:
//REMOVE MAIN TEXT CONTENT BOX FOR PAGES
function removeMainTxtContent(){
    echo '<script>window.onload=function(){document.getElementById("postdivrich").style.display="none";}</script>';
}add_action('admin_head', 'removeMainTxtContent');
                uh Oh... sorry to remove the check mark.  There were some unforseen ramifications to this method.  This removed the rich text editing (tinymce stuff) from my custom fields.
– Zach Lysobey
                Oct 24, 2011 at 21:07
                Is there a way to remove the main editor without breaking the custom rich text fields? I've got the same situation described by the OP. I'm using CMB2 to create the custom fields.
– Cazuma Nii Cavalcanti
                Feb 3, 2021 at 0:27
To completely remove the text editor from your custom post type, add this into functions.php:
function remove_editor() {
    remove_post_type_support( 'your_post_type', 'editor' );
add_action( 'admin_menu' , 'remove_editor' );
        
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