How to Hide Title Bar in Vertical Tabs Mode on Microsoft Edge

Mar. 23, 2021

Afterannouncing the new vertical tabs UIin March last year, Microsoft finallyrolled out the featureto the public earlier this month. The Redmond giant is now working on ways to improve the usability in the vertical tabs mode. It recently started testing the possibility of hiding the title bar when using vertical tabs. If you also think the title bar takes unnecessary space and want to disable it, here’s how you can hide the title bar in Microsoft Edge.

Hide Title Bar in Vertical Tabs Mode on Microsoft Edge

At its current state, the title bar appears at the top of the browser above the address bar. Since users can already see the web page’s title in the left sidebar, the presence of a toptitle bar might seem redundantto some users. That is precisely why the company is looking for ways to remove it.

The ability to hide the title bar iscurrently available only in Microsoft Edge Dev and Edge Canary. Moreover, the feature is hidden behind a feature flag. If you use Edge on any of these channels, here’s how you can disable the title bar in the vertical tabs mode.

Note:I tested the feature on Edge Dev version 91.0.825.0 on a Windows 10 laptop. If you’re not seeing the flag, make sure you’re using the latest version of the browser on Dev or Canary channels. You can check for updates via “Help and feedback -> About Microsoft Edge” or edge://settings/help.

1. Open Edge Dev or Canary and head toedge://flags. In the search box,type ‘Vertical tabs hide title bar’to locate the required flag. You can alternatively paste the following address into your browser to directly access the flag:

2. Here,choose ‘Enabled’from the dropdown menu and restart the browser.

3. In case you’re wondering how the browser looks before and after disabling the title bar, check out the images below. It looks much cleaner, right?

In my opinion, the browser looks more modern and clean after hiding the title bar. We could expect Microsoft to add a toggle to help users easily enable or disable the title bar while using vertical tabs in the foreseeable future. If you’re looking for more such features, take a look at our article on thebest Edge flags,sleeping tabs to improve performance, andkids mode in Microsoft Edgefor enhanced safety.

Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.