Desktop Google Chrome keeps shortcuts to saved websites on its bookmarks bar, which you can show or hide through the bookmarks menu or an equivalent keyboard shortcut.
The bar sits directly below the address bar and is Chrome’s equivalent of a favorites bar. Hiding it removes the toolbar from view without deleting your saved bookmarks.
Chrome can keep the bar visible on every page, hide it everywhere, or show it only on the New Tab page. Its appearance on a new tab alone does not mean it is enabled for other webpages.
Steps to show or hide the bookmarks bar in Google Chrome:
- Open an ordinary webpage in Google Chrome.
- Click the three-dot More menu at the top right.
- Point to Bookmarks and lists.
- Point to Show bookmark bar.
- Select Always show to display the bar or Always hide to hide it.
As an alternative to the menu, press Ctrl + Shift + B on Windows or Linux, or Command + Shift + B on macOS. The shortcut toggles visibility, so pressing it after the menu change can undo that change.
- Confirm that the bar below the address bar is visible when shown or absent when hidden on the webpage.
Only show on New Tab Page keeps the bar off ordinary webpages while allowing it on new tabs; Always hide hides it on new tabs too.