How to use the Google Chrome Side Panel (Tutorial + Tips)

[@radouane575]

This is the first time I hear about this feature. Thanks fot the video

[@Simpletivity]

You are very welcome. I hope you have fun exploring this cool feature of Chrome!

[@heidiqtip7232]

I appreciate your thoroughness. You included the one item all the other vids missed, which I needed to solve my problem!

[@brenthair1228]

I never clicked on this before, I see that it could be very useful.

[@Simpletivity]

I know! It's just been sitting there in broad daylight, yet many of us have ignored it in the past (myself included). All the best as you explore this feature!

[@WildeGreg]

Another great video Scott. I was not aware of this feature. I think I will like it very much.

[@Simpletivity]

You are very welcome. Have fun exploring the options found here and how it can help you with your day!

[@soulaesthete8563]

Thank you for this tutorial. Your sidebar panel is more narrow than the one in the latest version of Google Chrome, which now takes up too much real estate. However, when I slide the panel's edge inward to make it more narrow, it won't budge.

[@alexanderjurack5583]

Great Video! Helped me big time. Keep up the good work!

[@AnnHopy]

Hi, I got a what's new in chrome today and had a question which led me to you. Thank you for having a video which helped me. But...this has raised another question. I do not have a journey tab in my side bar, I do have a History, are they the same? I am not computer literate, not even close, but with sites like yours I get what I need and you are very thorough, thank you. Now that I have found you I will be looking forward to new videos. Have a great day.

[@Simpletivity]

I'm so glad you found (and enjoy) my content as well! As for your question, this article may be able to help: www.askvg.com/tip-disable-or-remove-journeys-from-side-panel-in-chrome/

[@AnnHopy]

@@Simpletivity Thank you, this was very informative.

[@Simpletivity]

You're most welcome!

[@gardenlighting-barrysluite7505]

That was great thanks so much. Is there a iPad and iPhone option? I could not see any in chrome on my iPad… Thanks again and may I say that I really enjoy your videos.

[@Simpletivity]

I'm so glad you're enjoying my videos! As for your question, these features are accessible, just in a slightly different way on mobile. For example, the Reading List is found under Bookmarks within the mobile Chrome browser.

[@RikusLategan]

Great video - I have yet to figure out why the Journey feature is at all useful... believe me I've tried. Hopefully this will help

[@Simpletivity]

Thanks for watching. Journeys is intended to help you visualize your browsing history as categories and themes. It helps you easily go back to a browsing session and look at it as a theme that you were searching for instead of just a bunch of web pages.

[@naveershain]

Learnt so many things.❤

[@Simpletivity]

So glad to hear that!

[@bayhappy3992]

great content!👍

[@Simpletivity]

Thank you! 👍

[@MargieBeard]

Does Chrome have a built in clipper like the one in Edge? i like the convience of cliping things and then selecting where to save the clip.

[@Simpletivity]

The Reading List would be the closet thing they have to a built-in web clipper. Otherwise, you can find a number of other extension options within the Chrome webstore.

[@MehrMoon1335]

I don't have the side panel icon !

[@janmartenlocher]

Thannk you, great and insightful video! Also I never heard of pocket.. I'll check that out, as well.. 🙂

[@Simpletivity]

You are most welcome. And yes, please do check out Pocket. It can be a great web-clipping tool and also has a very easy to use mobile app.

[@Hot_SpicyGrill]

Great video! can you show how remove the all bookmarks thing. Its so anoying as someone you likes the bar.

[@tampajep]

I have a question. Can I "Lock" or "Pin" a page on the side panel? Right-clicking gives me a drop-down list, but it doesn't include pinning or locking the page to the sidebar. If a page isn't pinned, it moves down as you add more pages until it disappears from the viewable list. You have then scroll down to find it. Thanks for making this video!

[@Simpletivity]

Great question. But I'm not aware of this functionality yet. Using the bookmarks view as a workaround or pinning the tab at the top of the browser would be your best alternative.

[@tampajep]

@@Simpletivity Thanks for the quick response.. I hope they add this feature soon. It makes the sidebar a much more serious and usable tool.

[@bradflo]

I dont have that rectangle in the top right to open side panel. Is there something i am missing?

[@K1mKaT]

Is there any way to remove the side panel icon?

[@jessejames4444]

Great video!

[@Simpletivity]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@elyt7418]

what do I do if the side panel doesnt give me the option to customize chrome from there and instead I need to use a pop up window is there any way to be able to do it from the side window anymore and if so please let me know how Thanks a lot.

[@RonCalvin-j6y]

This gives no real added benifits that I would use but it does take up more rel estate. Is there a way to delete the "All Bookmarks" from the bookmarks bar?

[@Simpletivity]

Yes, here's how to do it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqnZiZ-IfLBnfZIsi=lUhP3zIhQ_8qAZ9i

[@bethsullivan2056]

How do I activate Journeys? Mine says no results, even though I have been searching on several sites.

[@Simpletivity]

If you don't see Journeys, it could be one of two reasons. First, make sure you are on the most recent version of Chrome. Second, got to chrome://history/ and on the left hand side you can manually turn on/off this feature. I hope that helps!

[@jinraigami3349]

I am trying to find how to disable this, but I'm here instead. 😂

[@michaelreilly569]

I want the side panel to show the full bookmarks tree, as Edge does. That will enable me to quickly go to any bookmark, and not have to back out over and over to see a higher tree bookmark.

[@KingdomUploader]

Meh. I have to dock the Magnifier at the bottom. This makes the browser display shorter from top to bottom. When I open the side panel, everything there is shortened as well - so there is no way to scroll up and down. I had hoped to turn off the 'bookmarks bar' and use side panel to open sites that i have on the bookmark bar, however, as I say, - with the magnifier on - it don't work

[@johnphilip6037]

NO! The fucking icon is NOT there!!!! It "disappeared" that last time I was forced to upgrade my chrome. And I'm tired of google fucking changing everything when one of them gets a wild hair up their ASS! WHERE IS THE FUCKING SIDEBAR BUTTON?????

[@subway394]

How to get all the downloads to show up in the Chrome Side Panel?

[@Simpletivity]

Unfortunately, Chrome's side panel isn't designed to display downloads. It focuses on providing quick access to things like bookmarks, reading lists, and browsing history.

[@subway394]

Thanks! Hopefully Google folks will add the Downloads page to the Side Panel. It seems so natural to have it here instead of a separate tab. In fact, they should allow any page to be added to the Side Panel.

[@naveershain]

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[@Simpletivity]

I think I may already have what you are looking for: www.simpletivity.com/blog/how-to-make-a-google-form-complete-beginner-tutorial

[@enserio007]

Why my side panel is Red Themed suddenly?

[@Monjursworld]

there is no side panel in my Google Chrome browser . Could you please help me to enable side panel

[@Simpletivity]

This side panel has unfortunately gone away. However, you can still access many of these views through the browser menu (3 dots in the right corner).

[@jayceec3178]

I want to get rid of this annoying side panel that keeps popping up on the right hand side of my iPad . To temporarily get rid of it, I swipe towards the right hand side but there’s always a very small arrow showing and if I touch it that annoying side panel popped out again. If I am playing games, all of a sudden this annoying side panel pops onto the screen and nine times out of 10 I lose in the game because of this stupid annoying side panel. Did I say it’s annoying?😅 How do I get rid of this side panel? I have looked everywhere on the Internet and can’t find anything. I followed the instructions on Google allto no avail.

[@michaelschultz9407]

I unchecked bookmarks bar in my settings but it still shows up in my browser

[@Simpletivity]

Try the following shortcut key and see if that works: Ctrl + Shift + B

[@MachinesTakingOverTheWorld]

It's too wide. I need to shrink it. But no options by defaul.

[@marlonnelson6851]

This video seems to be obsolete. The side panel has changed.

[@Simpletivity]

While it has been updated since this video, almost all of these features remain the same.

[@katyb3869]

Thank you for the video, but GOOGLE, IT'S SOOOO dumb that I can't move my bookmarks around in the side panel!! WHY!!!??

[@Simpletivity]

Yes, that is a very puzzling fact.

[@Phill456-n6h]

My google side panel icon is missing

[@Simpletivity]

It seems that Chrome has made some changes to this display recently. You can still access this by selecting the specific option within settings (i.e. Bookmarks, Reading List, History)

[@michaelvella1590]

and now they have taken the button away

[@gentoffire]

update, they got rid of this.

[@williamdelima_Wilaxdicas]

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[@Peekaboo-Kitty]

I hate the side panel! I stopped Chrome from opening this crap!

[@Simpletivity]

What did you dislike the most about this area?

[@Peekaboo-Kitty]

@@Simpletivity Because I have Cataracts I need everything enlarged on my Computer. That small side panel does not help me at all because I have to strain to see what it says.

[@Simpletivity]

Gotcha. Note, that this area will enlarge, along with the rest of the screen, if you zoom in to the page.

[@Peekaboo-Kitty]

@@Simpletivity Oh OK. Well I've disabled it for now but thanks for the info.

[@Simpletivity]

You're welcome!

[@nurcholis]

bye side panel.... google kill this useful feature... 9to5google.com/2024/04/12/chrome-side-panel-button

[@Simpletivity]

Yes, I am sorry to see it go. Although you can still find these views using the browser menu.

[@nurcholis]

@@Simpletivity after exploring various setting and option... actually the side panel is not 100% removed from chrome. we can access it by through enabling Reading List side panel.

[@Simpletivity]

That's right. It's not as easy to access, but most of these views and features remain the same. Thanks for sharing!