Comments on: IE8: Hide the Favorites Bar

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:17:19 +0000

That trick doesn't work! Anybody have an answer???

By: badgie

badgie — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:45:03 +0000

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!

By: Fred Gregg

Fred Gregg — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:26:03 +0000

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?

By: Woody

Woody — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:51:23 +0000

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.

By: Robbo

Robbo — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:26:28 +0000

Favorites Bar gone but no add to favorites button has appeared

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:32:13 +0000

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.

By: tim evans

tim evans — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:37:40 +0000

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.

By: Theresa

Theresa — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:20:01 +0000

Thank you for this information! I hate the favorites bar!

By: William G

William G — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:04:36 +0000

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.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:27:17 +0000

But is there any way to remove the Favorites button altogether?