You will probably want to disable the side panel of Google Chrome that includes the bookmarks and reading list , it is something that can be easily removed with a small adjustment, so you get rid of that bar that can become quite annoying at some point.
This bar is appearing in the latest Chrome updates to different users and it is not as easy to close as it should be by means of a simple button, but you have to enter the internal settings of Chrome to be able to remove it , specifically in the Chrome://flags .
Being such a sensitive part of Google Chrome, it is important to modify the correct parameter and nothing else because anything that is changed wrong can influence the behavior of the browser itself and you could notice that the browser does not work well.
Next, we are going to show you the steps you must follow to permanently remove that side panel where the bookmarks and the reading list are displayed:
- Open Google Chrome and in the address bar type “Chrome://flags/#side-panel” without the quotes. Once inside, we are going to edit the first parameter that appears called “side panel” , we must put the “disabled” option on it.
- Finally, it would be enough to click on the blue “relaunch” button that appears in the lower right corner to restart the browser and that the adjustment is perfectly applied, so the sidebar should no longer appear.
If in the future you want to display that sidebar again, all you have to do is follow these same steps and set the parameter to “default” or “enable”, restart Google Chrome again (you could also close and open it directly) and that’s it. you would see again
There are a lot of settings within Chrome://flags , another one that is there is the one that gives the possibility of activating parallel downloads in the browser so that you can download faster, but you should only modify parameters if you are really sure of what What are you doing.
This removes the side panel from the Google Chrome reading list and bookmarks , in less than 1 minute you will have it deactivated, but remember to follow the steps as indicated, otherwise you can modify things that are not and influence the browser operation.
