I noticed that my Google Chrome bookmark bar along the top of the screen had disappeared. It would only reappear on certain web sites such as the Home page. I guess I must have hit something accidentally to make it do this.
Luckily, it was a simple solution to bring the bookmark bar back. Just use these keystroke combinations:
- Windows and Linux: Hold down the “CTRL” and “Shift” keys while pressing “B“, to make the bar reappear.
- Mac : Hold down the “Command” and “Shift” keys while pressing “B“.
The bookmark toolbar should now stay in place. You can use the same keystrokes (which you may accidentally hit from time to time) to toggle it back and forth and remove the bar if you’d like to browse the web in a bigger window.
If the Chrome bookmark bar keeps disappearing, check a setting using these steps:
- Select the “Menu”
button in the upper-right corner, then choose “Settings“. - In the “Appearance” section, turn the “Show the bookmarks bar” option to “On“.
Kathy says
You are my hero! It was making me crazy! Thank you for your help!
Ginger says
Ctrl + shift + B does not work for me…nor does going into appearance and manuall sliding the lever.
All it does is remove a very fine line. That’s it. I don’t like having my personal bookmarks publicized for all in the house to see!
jp says
didn’t work for me — i managed to get back the commercial ones individually but now have to go dig for the others — what a pain. This isn’t the first time this has happened.
any other suggestions to retrieve ALL bookmarks on the bar without redoing everything?
thanks
Donna Cullen says
thanks – reversed what my cat managed to do (no instructions needed for her!)
she is also really good at changing the screen orientation (confusing on a laptop) that I have worked out
She can also change the screen resolution with a shortcut key combination – I have to go into the menus to resolve that one!
Jones says
Got me worried Thank you so much!
Marie says
Worked like a charm! Thank you so much!!
marilyn jones says
All my important bookmarks disappeared when the tool bar disappeared. I have XP so I guess they are trying to force me to upgrade, which I’m not going to do. Is there somehow I can get it back?