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Tech-Recipes: IE8: Hide the Favorites Bar | Browsers | Tech-Recipes

  • Michael · 7 months ago
    I already have the Favorites Bar and Command Bar hidden.

    I am now left with an entire row consisting of solely the Favorites Button.

    The Add to Favorites Button is already hidden since it is part of the Favorites Bar.

    Since I don't use Tabs this row is just taking up space.

    I had this row hidden in Internet Explorer 7.

    Does anyone know the registry edit to fix this?

    Thanks.
  • Enid · 7 months ago
    Thank you very much. That was a problem for me. With ie8 I am experiencing scrolling down a page without wanting to. i.e. I try to highlight a link and can't get to it as the page keeps scrolling down to the end. Do you have a fix for this?
  • Steve · 7 months ago
    But is there any way to remove the Favorites button altogether?
  • William G · 6 months ago
    The IE8 development team at Microsoft seemingly refuses to acknowledge that someone might actually *not* find the 'Favorites' button to be the best thing since Sliced Bread™. You're stuck with it, whether you ever need it or not.
  • Theresa · 6 months ago
    Thank you for this information! I hate the favorites bar!
  • tim evans · 5 months ago
    This does not help. I stil have the favorites button, and as someone else said, an entire row dedicated to it. I may as well turn favorites bar back on, as this row does nothing for me.
  • Ben · 4 months ago
    Tim, If you drag the Favorites button (with "Lock the Toolbars" unchecked) down onto the Tab bar before you uncheck the Favorites bar, it will stay in the Tab bar after you uncheck the Favorites bar, saving you an entire row. Complete removal of the Favorites button (without also removing the Tab bar) is still the unsolved problem.
  • Robbo · 4 months ago
    Favorites Bar gone but no add to favorites button has appeared
  • Woody · 4 months ago
    I can't get rid of it either........ It stays stuck behind my tabs. It is in my way and I don't like it.
  • Fred Gregg · 3 months ago
    When I right-click on a blank spot on the tool bar, the Favorites Bar is not checked yet "Favorites Bar" is present below "Favorites" when I click on Favorites on the tool bar. And when I expand "Favorites", "Favorites Bar" appears at the bottom of the list. When I expand "Favorites Bar", the page is blank. If I delete the "Favorites Bar", it comes right back when I reopen the IE8. Can I perminately get rid of this "Favorites Bar" and how?
  • badgie · 3 months ago
    On a related issue, does anyone know is it possible to just add favourties to favourites and not to the favourites bar?
    I liked the old Links way of doing things - it meant you could have a quick link to a few key urls without having dig around in favourites. Now ever time I add a favourite I have to delete it from the favourites bar which is crazy as I add several a day!
  • Joe · 2 months ago
    That trick doesn't work! Anybody have an answer???