Disable views page programmatically

disable_view

/**
 * Disable workbench views
 */
function mymodule_update_7001() {

  // a list of views (their view name) I want to disable
  $viewnames = array(
    'workbench_current_user',
  );

  // grab list of views that are already disabled
  $views_status = variable_get('views_defaults', array());

  // add our views to be disabled to the list
  foreach ($viewnames as $key => $viewname) {
    $views_status[$viewname] = TRUE;
  }
  
  // reset the variable with the new list
  variable_set('views_defaults', $views_status);

  // empty cache now
  if (function_exists('views_invalidate_cache')) {
    views_invalidate_cache();
  }
}