While you can easily deactivate the bookmarks bar in Google Chrome and not see it during normal browsing, it does reappear regardless of your settings when opening new tab pages. So how do you make it completely disappear? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post discusses some options to help a frustrated reader deal with the bookmarks bar.
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The Question
SuperUser reader nowox wants to know if it is possible to completely disable the bookmarks bar in Google Chrome:
Is it possible to completely disable the bookmarks bar in Google Chrome?
If I right click and select “Show bookmarks bar”, I see this:
If I go to the bookmarks manager and delete all the useless bookmarks, I still see the bookmarks bar:
How can I completely disable it?
The Answer
SuperUser contributors CustomX and deltab have the answer for us. First up, CustomX:
Followed by the answer from deltab:
You do have two options:
Move your bookmarks from the bookmarks bar to a different folder (Bookmarks > Bookmark manager). Set up a home page other than the “new tab/search” page so that when you start Google Chrome, you will not see the bookmarks bar.
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