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How to hide bookmarks bar in Safari on iPad

February 12, 2012 By Ravi Shankar 10 Comments

Safari browser on iPad, like any other PC or Mac browsers allows users to save webpage URL as bookmark. It also provides a separate Bookmarks Bar for easily accessing these saved URLs.

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Screenshot with saved bookmarks

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If you are not using the Bookmarks Bar on Safari then you have the option to turn off the display of Bookmarks Bar. This would give more space for the web page browsing and you can still access the saved bookmarks using the Safari browser menu items.

Hide Bookmarks Bar on Safari

Navigate to iPad home screen and tap the settings icon. Then navigate to the General section under Safari settings.

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Slide the ON/OFF switch to turn off the “Always Show Bookmarks Bar”

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Filed Under: Apple, iPad, Safari Tagged With: Apple, Bookmark, hide, iPad, Safari, Turn Off

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  1. Joe says

    November 26, 2014 at 8:00 am

    I can’t find the “Aways show bookmarks bar” in the settings mode when I press Safari.

    Reply
    • Ravi Shankar says

      November 26, 2014 at 8:23 am

      This option is not available in iOS 8. Instead use the bookmark bar as toggle switch to show or hide bookmarks navigation.

      Hope this helps.

      Reply
    • Meredith Misakian says

      May 16, 2021 at 7:53 pm

      I don’t have an Always Show Bookmarks on the Safari

      Reply
      • Ravi Shankar says

        June 7, 2021 at 2:00 am

        Can you try enabling “Show Favourites Bar” under Safari Settinngs

        Reply
  2. Kimberly says

    January 16, 2015 at 1:47 am

    I have the same problem. How do I use the bookmark bar as a toggle switch? Still stuck!

    Reply
  3. Gillian Robinson says

    February 15, 2016 at 7:21 pm

    How do I get full screen got bookmarks and @ bar can’t get rid of it ?

    Reply
  4. Lesley says

    March 19, 2016 at 7:41 pm

    I too can’t find out how to remove the bookmark bar and there isn’t a toggle either! Please help!

    Reply
  5. Bcjhdv says

    May 27, 2020 at 6:32 pm

    If you still can’t find it there is a little book in the top left of your iPad… click it and it should make the bookmark go away

    Reply
  6. Pat Hoshino says

    November 2, 2020 at 9:19 pm

    Book icon is om very top of page. There is another one under Bookmarks title. I had to call Apple to have this cleared up. It appears this was not clear to other people as well

    Reply
  7. Kennedy Johnson says

    November 19, 2020 at 9:13 pm

    I have tried all of this, yet the bookmark bar has not gone away. I am on IOS. I don’t know what I pressed, but I am wondering if anybody knows what I pressed and if I should press it again to get rid of it.

    Reply

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