Use tabs on certain pages

I want to be able to use the tab layout, but only on certain pages. I was using slides, but they didn’t have all the functionality I needed. Does anyone know how to remove tabs after navigating away from a tab layout page?

You can use segments as an alternative

Do they force all screens to be the same height? That was the issue I had with slides

Nope.
Segments make visible a div when the associated segment is selected and the other hidden.
I have a page with 3 segment and one with infinite scroll while the other have limited size.
You can take a look on the ionic documentation