# "All Bookmarks" Folder in Chrome added to bookmarks bar with latest updates. Removing it is easy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-bookmarks-folder-in-chrome-added-to-bookmarks-bar-with-latest-updates-removing-it-is-easy/990545>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 22, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-bookmarks-folder-in-chrome-added-to-bookmarks-bar-with-latest-updates-removing-it-is-easy/990545 "2023-09-22T15:06:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-bookmarks-folder-in-chrome-added-to-bookmarks-bar-with-latest-updates-removing-it-is-easy/990545/1 "2023-09-22T15:06:39Z")

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In the Address bar copy and paste or type **chrome://flags/#power-bookmarks-side-panel** and click enter

Change the pull-down to the right from Default to Disabled

In the lower right corner click Relaunch

That should do it.

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I hate when companies/developers do shit like this and don’t make it obvious how to turn it off.

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-bookmarks-folder-in-chrome-added-to-bookmarks-bar-with-latest-updates-removing-it-is-easy/990545/2 "2023-09-22T15:18:46Z")

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If you remove the all bookmarks bar, can you restore the other bookmarks folder? That’s my main way to access sites, and I was very frustrated to lose it.

Thanks for providing these instructions!

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-bookmarks-folder-in-chrome-added-to-bookmarks-bar-with-latest-updates-removing-it-is-easy/990545/3 "2023-09-22T15:22:39Z")

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The method I wrote up leaves the Bookmarks bar as it was and just removes the new “feature” the Chrome developers decided everyone needed by default.

If you disabled/hid the bookmark bar, just restore and then follow my instructions and you should be back to how things were pre-update.

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-bookmarks-folder-in-chrome-added-to-bookmarks-bar-with-latest-updates-removing-it-is-easy/990545/4 "2023-09-23T02:40:25Z")

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Thanks again. I followed your instructions and everything is back to the way I like it.

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**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-bookmarks-folder-in-chrome-added-to-bookmarks-bar-with-latest-updates-removing-it-is-easy/990545/5 "2023-09-23T10:53:14Z")

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Much better, thank you!