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How to fit more onto your bookmarks toolbar

Are you running out of room on your bookmarks toolbar? We'll show you a super simple way to get more bookmarks onto your toolbar while also making it look spiffy with favorites icons.

Ed Rhee
Ed Rhee, a freelance writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is an IT veteran turned stay-at-home-dad of two girls. He focuses on Android devices and applications while maintaining a review blog at techdadreview.com.
Ed Rhee
Are you running out of room on your bookmarks toolbar? Removing the text is a super simple way to get more bookmarks onto your toolbar while also making it look spiffy with favorites icons. Here's how:

Firefox

Step 1:
Right-click on a bookmark from the toolbar and select Properties.

Bookmarks toolbar properties
Screenshot by Ed Rhee

Step 2:
Delete all the text from the Name field and click Save.

Delete name from bookmark properties
Screenshot by Ed Rhee

Internet Explorer 9

Right-click on a bookmark from the favorites bar and select Customize title widths, then select Icons only.

IE9 Favorites
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Chrome

Step 1:
Right-click on a bookmark from the toolbar and select Edit....

Chrome edit bookmark
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Step 2:
Delete all the text from the Name field.

Chrome delete name
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That's it. Now you can fit more bookmarks on the toolbar than ever before, while also making it look cooler than ever before. It should look something like this:

Firefox bookmarks toolbar
Screenshot by Ed Rhee

Can anyone guess all the bookmarks in the screenshot?