Today, I will explore Troubleshooting Steps to Restore Missing Microsoft Edge Browser Toolbar. This blog post will explain some troubleshooting steps to recover the missing toolbar.
Microsoft Edge is a web browser powered by Microsoft. It is the default browser for Windows and an essential component of our operating system. Windows supports applications that trust the web platform. It can’t be uninstalled.
In Microsoft Edge, the toolbar is a crucial part of the browser. Users can access their favourite sites and functions with a single icon. Users can customize the toolbar with their preferred icons and apps to make everything they need easily accessible.
Microsoft Edge is a user-friendly browser with many features. Yet, it sometimes has running issues, like the toolbar disappearing. In this blog post, I will explain some methods to fix this issue.
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What are the Drawbacks of a Toolbar?
The main issue when using a toolbar is usually its impact on performance. A toolbar can slow down computers since regularly running programs use valuable resources like RAM. If too many tasks are performed at once due to the number of active buttons open in the toolbar, resources are reduced faster than usual.
Restore Missing Microsoft Edge Browser Toolbar
The toolbar is an essential part of the browser. It allows users to open sites and functions by simply choosing an icon. Sometimes, the toolbar disappears due to a technical error. This post will discuss five step-by-step troubleshooting steps to recover the missing toolbar with screenshots. Let’s start.
| Five Methods to Restore the Missing Edge Toolbar |
|---|
| Restart MS Edge |
| Clear Cache and Browser Data |
| Temporarily Disable the Installed Extensions |
| Reset Edge Settings |
| Reinstall or Update Microsoft Edge |
Restart MS Edge
The first step is restarting the browser whenever you face a missing toolbar. Occasionally, it’s just a temporary bug. Restarting your browser is the first and simplest way to restore it. Close the browser fully and reopen it. If it’s a temporary issue, your toolbar will come back. If the problem continues, try the next step.
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Clear Cache and Browser Data
If your toolbar suddenly disappears, it is because of a cluttered cache or corrupted browser data. To restore the missing toolbar, you should clear the browsing data containing history, passwords, cookies, and more. There is the option of what to clear. This will clear your data across all your synced devices in this profile.
- Open the Settings and More menu by selecting the three dots (…) in the upper-right corner of the Microsoft Edge browser or pressing Alt + F.
- Select Settings
Navigate to Privacy, Search, and Services. You can see Clear browsing data there.
- Click Choose what to clear.
When you click Choose what to clear, a pop-up window will appear where you can select whatever you want to clear. This might include browsing and download history, cookies and other site data, and cached images and files.
- Select Clear Now.
- After that, Restart Microsoft Edge to see if your toolbar appears.
Temporarily Disable the Installed Extensions
Sometimes, your installed extensions can affect the toolbar’s functions. Follow the below steps to temporarily disable the installed extensions.
- Open the Settings and More menu by selecting the ellipses (…) in the upper-right corner of your Microsoft Edge browser or Alt + F.
- Select Extensions from the dropdown menu.
- From the pop-up, select Manage Extensions.
To test the toolbar’s visibility, disable each installed extension by turning it off. Then, check whether your missing toolbar appears by Refresh the window.
- If it does, enable each extension to test the toolbar visibility.
Reset Edge Settings
Sometimes, the toolbar disappears due to a configuration issue. Resetting Microsoft Edge can fix that. The following table shows the steps to reset the Microsoft Edge settings.
| AReset Edge Settings |
|---|
| Open the Settings and More menu by selecting three dots (…) in the upper-right corner of the Microsoft Edge browser or Alt + F. |
| Select Settings |
| Go to Reset settings > Restore settings to their default values > Reset. |
As mentioned above, if the toolbar is missing due to a configuration issue, now it will be restored.
Reinstall or Update Microsoft Edge
This is the last method to discover your missing toolbar. If all the methods mentioned above fail, you should update or reinstall the Microsoft Edge browser. To reinstall, start by downloading Microsoft Edge.
After downloading, you can customize the toolbar to your needs, such as adding or removing from the toolbar the Favorites button, History button, Web capture button, Collection button, Show share button and more. You can also customize your toolbar with pins.
Open Microsoft Edge> Settings>Appearance > Customize toolbar.
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Anoop C Nair has been Microsoft MVP for 10 consecutive years from 2015 onwards. He is a Workplace Solution Architect with more than 22+ years of experience in Workplace technologies. He is a Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group Community leader. His primary focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM and Intune. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security, Career, etc.