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At the top of my Chromium (Ubuntu) window, there is a bar saying "For quick access, place your bookmarks here on the bookmarks bar. Import bookmarks now..."
I do not want a bookmarks bar at all. How do I get rid of this message?
Tor Klingberg
Posted 2015-02-27T10:12:05.017
Reputation: 463
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Unfortunately unchecking View->Show bookmarks bar does not help. Instead open Menu->Settings->Appearance and uncheck "Always show the bookmarks bar".
Tor Klingberg
Posted 2015-02-27T10:12:05.017
Reputation: 463
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There is unfortunately no way to get rid of the bar unless you import your bookmarks. It will always appear on the new tab page, but if you press CTRL+Shift+B it will get rid of it on every other tab, as the checks/unchecks the "Always show bookmarks bar" button in settings.
Sources: Hours of scouring Google Forums and personal experience
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/M3sK9CJqVZ8 https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/BpRQ75q4AWk
(I had 8 more links but I don't have enough rep to add them)
N-Tropy
Posted 2015-02-27T10:12:05.017
Reputation: 11
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Use the Blank new tab page extension...works perfect.
Gaurav
Posted 2015-02-27T10:12:05.017
Reputation: 19
Would you try to be more specific? – g2mk – 2015-12-22T16:24:05.507
What Kmarsh is trying to say is that .. once you hide the bookmarks bar by >>open Menu->Settings->Appearance and uncheck "Always show the bookmarks bar". it WILL still show up only on new tab pages, since they are google new tab pages.. but if you dont want to see that message on any page .. dload the extension called blank new tab page . clear? – SpdPro – 2017-08-23T06:53:40.737
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This is quite annoying. That message is part of Chromium's "New Tab" page (which looks like google.com, but it's not). The New Tab page your bookmarks as part of the webpage, even if you uncheck Show Bookmarks. And if you don't have any bookmarks, then it will show the "For quick access, place your bookmarks here on the bookmarks bar" message instead.
The workarounds are:
Add a bookmark. You can uncheck Show Bookmarks so the bookmarks bar doesn't show on most pages. But it will still be rendered on the New Tab page
You cannot change Chromium's New Tab page, unless you install a plugin that lets you override it. I like New Tab Url by Stephen Blott because it is super simple and lighweight, without fancy extra features. You can then set the New Tab page to open to e.g. https://google.com.
wisbucky
Posted 2015-02-27T10:12:05.017
Reputation: 1 522
Unfortunately this didn't work. The next day the annoying message bar came back. – Tor Klingberg – 2015-03-02T09:48:05.353
1This one is working for me. – abu abu – 2017-03-22T10:14:26.197
Doesn't work. They are the same functionality. If you open a new tab, the message will still be there. – wisbucky – 2018-07-02T21:49:56.330