# Disappearing address bar in Chrome

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-address-bar-in-chrome/664750>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 28, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-address-bar-in-chrome/664750 "2013-07-28T20:27:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-address-bar-in-chrome/664750/1 "2013-07-28T20:27:55Z")

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After the last update to Chrome on my iPad, Google went all Microsoft on me - alas, poor Google, I knew him, Horatio - and added an annoying unasked for “improvement” :smack: that I cannot figure out how to stop. The address bar disappears after a few seconds and it requires an extra screen tap to get it back so I can, say, hit the Back button. Does anyone know how to get rid of that?