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Side Bar

LadyCollette
LadyCollette

With the recent update, this horrible side bar thing has appeared and I've clicked every place I can find to get rid of it. Please advise how to lose it. Thanks.

With the recent update, this horrible side bar thing has appeared and I've clicked every place I can find to get rid of it. Please advise how to lose it. Thanks.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
  • Top 10 Contributor

Hi LadyCollette, Firefox always had a sidebar, but it has a new design that expands from and collapses back to a button bar instead of hiding completely. If you want to hide it completely, that's a two-step process:

(1) Change the setting for what the Sidebars toolbar button does, and (2) Click the Sidebars toolbar button to hide the sidebar

Sidebar Button Setting

Click the gear wheel at the bottom of the vertical button bar, then change the behavior of the button from expand/collapse to show/hide. I'm attaching a picture for reference:

After you make that change, you can use the X to close the "Customize sidebar" panel.

Click the Sidebars button

This button should be near the back/forward/reload buttons. If yours is missing, you can add it using the Customize feature (Customize Firefox controls, buttons and toolbars). I'm attaching a picture for reference:

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