IE8: Hide the Favorites Bar

If you do not rely on the Favorites Bar in Internet Explorer for navigating to your bookmarked pages. If it is left enabled, you end up dedicating an entire row of your toolbar for the Favorites and Add to Favorites buttons.

Follow these steps to hide the Favorites Bar and return the Favorites and Add to Favorites to their IE7 positions.

By default, IE8 has the Favorites Bar enabled:

To hide the Favorites Bar:

1. Right-click on an empty space in the IE toolbar.

2. When the context menu appears, select Favorites Bar to remove the checkmark.

The Favorites Bar will be hidden and the Favorites and Add to Favorites buttons will be moved to the same position they occupied in IE7:

How to uninstall IE8

If you've found that Internet Explorer 8 isn't to your liking, you can uninstall it and revert back to IE7 (or IE6). The method for performing the uninstall will depend on whether you are running XP or Vista.

Removing IE8 on Windows XP:

1. Click the Start Button and select Control Panel.

2. Select Add or Remove Programs.

3. Find and select Windows Internet Explorer 8 from the list of available applications.

4. Click the Remove button.

5. Restart your system.



Removing IE8 on Windows Vista:

1. Click the Start Button and select Control Panel.

2. Select Programs (Programs and Features if you're using the Classic View).

3. Select View installed updates (it will be under the Tasks column if you're using the Classic View).

4. Find and select Windows Internet Explorer 8 from the list of available updates.

5. Click the Uninstall button at the top of the list.

6. Restart your system.