Recently we reported, for the first time, Firefox allows hiding Bookmarks Toolbar with Ctrl+Shift+B Shortcut on Windows. To make it easier to access bookmarks saved to “Other Bookmarks folder”, starting Firefox 84 onwards, the Bookmarks Toolbar will display the Other Bookmarks folder. If you move bookmarks to another folder or Bookmarks Menu, the folder will be removed automatically from Toolbar.
What you need to know:
- Other Bookmarks button will appear in Bookmarks Toolbar if it contains any bookmarks
- Firefox offers an option to hide it if you found it annoying.
Hide Other Bookmarks Folder on Bookmarks Toolbar in Firefox
- Load about:config in the address bar
- Ensure Boolean Pref named “browser.
toolbars. bookmarks. showOtherBookmarks” exists, if not present, create it - You can either set its value to “false” or right-click on the bookmarks Toolbar and uncheck “Show Other Bookmarks”
It’s worth noting that as of writing the article, the UI option or hidden pref to control the visibility of the Other Bookmarks button isn’t available in Firefox 84, but does exist in Firefox 85 Nightly. The option may or may not be available when Mozilla ships Firefox 84.
What’s your take on this? Do you find Firefox displaying Other Bookmarks Folder in the Bookmarks bar annoying? Let us know in the comments below.
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Annoying, please remove.
Annoying, unnecessary, please remove.
How do I get rid of this ANNOYING “OTHER BOOKMARKS” folder?? This thing has screwed up my saved folders and I cannot hide, delete, rename, move it or anything! So I’m just stuck with this annoyance with ZERO Choice in the matter??
I agree. It’s annoying and unnecessary. PLEASE REMOVE IT FROM THE MENU BAR.
Please give option to remove “other bookmarks” from bookmarks toolbar, it’s annoying
Unnecessary, really unnecessary! Why not just rein-in your urge to always presume to know what user’s want…
Had to change my bookmarking workflow with zero notice. It’s an OK feature, just not how things used to work.
hate it. never had before last update jan.2021. can’t get rid of it. please remove it
bloody pointless , it removes some of my fav book marks to place ‘other bookmarks” , there is a list of bookmarks to my left so why click on other book marks on the tab . firefox adds crap that is pointless and of no use but yet still wont give us tabs below . crap service now . like other other media sites etc , designers bored and playing around with crayons
Annoying and unnecessary. I can find my other bookmarks just fine if I need them, thank you. No need to take my valuable screen estate with this, and making it so hard to remove. Also, I can’t find the “Show other bookmarks” menu, when I right click the Bookmark Toolbar it looks nothing like your picture.
Why is is that every time firefox updates, I have to go to about:config because they added something annoying and unnecessary again?
This solution didn’t work for me. However I just went into ctrl-shift-o “Show All Bookmarks” and moved everything that was in “Other Bookmarks” in “Bookmarks Menu”.
That worked.
I noticed that this article did say “If you move bookmarks to another folder or Bookmarks Menu, the folder will be removed automatically from Toolbar.”
I’m guessing some people may have read past that sentence in the bottom of a paragraph in their haste and frustration of unwanted new features imposed upon as all.
Please remove Other Bookmarks from right side of bookmark toolbar.
All suggestions mentioned do not work. (browser.toolbars.bookmarks.showOtherBookmarks)
annoying – it uses up space