# How do I get rid of this annoying toolbar? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 22, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-this-annoying-toolbar/641852 "2012-11-22T18:08:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zapp\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ee59a6/32.png) [@Zapp\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zapp_S)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-this-annoying-toolbar/641852/1 "2012-11-22T18:08:09Z")
Hi, I use google chrome and there is this annoying toolbar or whatever popping above my search results. I think it used to be on the left side which I’d ok with. Now it is above and just wastes my screen space and as it is absolutely useless I want to get rid of it. There are no options to move or modify it with right clicking. Check screenshot: [http://s11.postimage.org/owyyvtf3n/toolbar.jpg](http://postimage.org/image/gepirh8kv/full/) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-this-annoying-toolbar/641852/2 "2012-11-22T18:27:50Z")
It’s part of the search results page. It’s not on your computer. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-this-annoying-toolbar/641852/3 "2012-11-22T18:34:39Z")
pat’s right. That’s part of the page Google serves you. ---
**Author:** ![Zapp\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ee59a6/32.png) [@Zapp\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zapp_S)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-this-annoying-toolbar/641852/4 "2012-11-22T18:36:54Z")
Right, but it used to be on the left side. Now it is on top. Does it change randomly? ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-this-annoying-toolbar/641852/5 "2012-11-22T18:41:03Z")
Just sign-in to google. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-this-annoying-toolbar/641852/6 "2012-11-22T18:44:11Z")
> [@Zapp\_S](#): > > Right, but it used to be on the left side. Now it is on top. Does it change randomly? It was [changed](http://mashable.com/2012/11/07/google-search-results-pages/) two weeks ago. > [@](#): > > Google has redesigned its search results pages, shifting its toolbar from the side to the top of the screen. > The goal, it explained, was to create a “simpler, cleaner” interface, and to create a “consistent search experience” across many devices and screen sizes. Google already debuted a consistent layout for tablets and mobile phones, and is now rolling it out for desktop. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-this-annoying-toolbar/641852/7 "2012-11-22T19:02:44Z")
I don’t see it (for now, anyway). I turn off JavaScript for [Google.com](http://Google.com). ETA: I guess Google changed it because it thought it needed more blank whitespace on the right hand side of the screen? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-this-annoying-toolbar/641852/8 "2012-11-22T20:06:10Z")
A little off-topic, but it seems like websites are always changing their “look”, for no apparent good reason other than to keep the web designer nerds employed. I have rarely seen any improved functionality, and it requires learning what is where all over again. Bastards! ::shakes fist at the universe in general:: ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-this-annoying-toolbar/641852/9 "2012-11-23T05:46:38Z")
Nah, it’s all one [big experiment](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A/B_testing), all the time.