Never.
ALL of the plants energy to grow is made by/in the leaves.......so........
less leaves = less energy being made = less growth.
For maximum size and fastest growth, leave your plant be as nature intended, she has evolved to be at her absolute pinnacle when it comes to performance and none of this performance involves removing perfectly healthy, green, energy making and life sustaining leaves for no reason other than "just because everyone else does it".
Try and only ever remove yellow leaves, for by the time they are yellow, they have served their purpose.
Tucking leaves under or training them out of the way is much more sensible.