Browsers and Mail Show or Hide Title Bar while in Vertical Tabs in Microsoft Edge

This tutorial will show you how to either show or hide the title bar of Microsoft Edge while vertical tabs is turned on for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.

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Microsoft Edge allows you to have your tabs show horizontal at the top (default) or vertical on the left side pane.

Vertical tabs allow you to move your tabs from the top to the left side in Microsoft Edge where site icons and titles are longer making it easier to quickly scan, identify and switch to the right tab. Also, when you want to use more of your screen space, you can unpin (collapse) the side pane on the left and simply hover over it to expand.

You can have the title bar of the Microsoft Edge window show or hide while you have vertical tabs turned on.







1 Open Microsoft Edge.

2 Right click on the vertical tabs left side pane. (see screenshots below)

3 Click/tap on Show title bar (default) or Hide title bar for what you want.







1 Open Microsoft Edge.

2 Click/tap on the Setting and more (Alt+F) 3 dots button, and click/tap on Settings. (see screenshot below)


3 Click/tap on Appearance in the left pane, and click/tap on Tabs in the right pane under "Other appearance settings". (see screenshot below)

If you do not see a left pane, then either click/tap on the 3 bars menu button towards the top left OR widen the horizontal borders of the Microsoft Edge window until you do.

4 Under Tabs settings, turn On or Off (default) Hide title bar while in vertical tabs for what you want. (see screenshot below)


5 You can now close the Settings tab if you like.


That's it,
Shawn Brink