The Navigation Toolbar contains the Back, Forward and other navigation buttons along with the Location Bar and Search Bar. If these or other toolbar items are missing, this article will show you how to restore them.

Showing the Navigation Toolbar

You may have the Navigation Toolbar hidden.

1. Right-clickHold down the Ctrl key while you click on an empty section of the tab stripAt the top of the Firefox windowOn the menu bar, click on the View menu, select the Toolbars menu.
2. If Navigation Toolbar is not checked, click it to make the Navigation Toolbar visible.
   • If showing the Navigation Toolbar does not restore your missing buttons, continue to the next section.
     
     
     
     

Restoring the default toolbar set

1. Right-clickHold down the Ctrl key while you click on an empty section of the tab stripAt the top of the Firefox windowOn the menu bar, click on the View menu, go down to the Toolbars menu and select Customize... to open the Customize Toolbar window.
2. Click Restore Default Set
   
   
   
3. Click Done to dismiss the Customize Toolbars window.

The default toolbar buttons should now appear in their default locations. If you would like to rearrange your toolbar items, see How do I customize the toolbars?. If your toolbar buttons are still missing, continue to the next section.

Check for interfering add-ons

An extension or theme may be preventing toolbar items from being displayed. To determine if this is the cause, see Troubleshooting extensions and themes.

Reset toolbars and controls

If the above methods fail to restore your toolbar buttons: First, start Firefox's Safe Mode:

1. At the top of the Firefox windowOn the menu bar, click the Help menuFirefox button, go over to the Help menu and select Restart with Add-ons Disabled.... Firefox will start up with the Firefox Safe Mode dialog.
   For Windows XP, click the Help menu and select Restart with Add-ons Disabled.... Firefox will start up with the Firefox Safe Mode dialog.

   Note: You can also start Firefox in Safe Mode by holding down the shift key while starting Firefox.holding down the option key while starting Firefox.quitting Firefox and then going to your Terminal and running: firefox -safe-mode
   You may need to specify the Firefox installation path (e.g. /usr/lib/firefox-4)
   At the top of the Firefox window, click on the Firefox button (File menu in Windows XP) and then click ExitOn the menu bar, click on the Firefox menu and select Quit FirefoxAt the top of the Firefox window, click on the File menu and select QuitAt the top of the Firefox window, click on the File menu and select ExitOn the menu bar, click on the Firefox menu and select Quit FirefoxAt the top of the Firefox window, click on the File menu and select Quit. Then in Windows, click Start, open the All Programs list and navigate to the Mozilla Firefox folder. In the Mozilla Firefox folder, select Mozilla Firefox (Safe Mode).Then hold down the option key as you restart Firefox.Go to your Terminal and run: firefox -safe-mode
   You may need to specify the Firefox installation path (e.g. /usr/lib/firefox-3.5). Firefox will start up with the Firefox Safe Mode dialog.
   Note: You can also start Firefox in Safe Mode by clicking Start, selecting Run (or use the Start Search box in Windows 7 and Vista) and then entering the following in the text field: firefox -safe-mode
2. Check mark Reset toolbars and controls.
3. Click Make Changes and Restart to restart Firefox
   
   
   

The default toolbar buttons should now appear in their default locations.