How To Close Side Tab On Your Mac

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Are you having trouble closing the side tab on your Mac? Don’t worry, this guide will help you learn how to close the sidebar on your Mac in no time!

The first step to closing the side tab on your Mac is to click the button on the active sidebar. This will close it completely. If, for example, the formatting controls are visible, click Format and that will close the sidebar. Another option is to select View > Hide Inspector from the View menu at the top of your screen.

You can also click the “Hide Sidebar” button at the bottom of the bar. Additionally, you can use a shortcut by pressing Ctrl + Shift + / which will enable or disable the feature. Lastly, you can go into Settings and turn off the toggle switch from within the Appearance settings page.

In the Safari app on Macs, you can also click on Sidebar in the toolbar and then choose Bookmarks. From there, control-click on the bookmark and then select Delete to remove it completely.

We hope this guide has helped you learn how to close the side tab on Mac quickly and easily!

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Closing the Sidebar on a Mac

To close the sidebar on your Mac, you can click the button on the active sidebar to close it. For example, if the formatting controls are visible, click Format to close the sidebar completely. You can also choose View > Hide Inspector (from the View menu at the top of your screen). If you have multiple sidebars open at once, you can click on each respective button to close them one by one.

Closing the Sidebar

To close the sidebar, you can click the “X” icon at the top-right corner of the sidebar window. Alternatively, you can also click the “Hide sidebar” button at the bottom of the bar. To quickly enable or disable this feature, you can use the Ctrl + Shift + / keyboard shortcut. If you’d like to permanently disable the sidebar, you can turn off the toggle switch from your “Appearance” settings page.

Removing Side Bookmarks in Safari

In order to remove side bookmarks in Safari, you can do the following:
1. Open the Safari app on your Mac.
2. Click the Sidebar button in the toolbar.
3. Click Bookmarks.
4. Control-click the bookmark you want to delete.
5. Choose Delete from the drop-down menu that appears when you Control-click the bookmark.
6. The bookmark should now be removed from your list of side bookmarks in Safari.

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James Walker has a deep passion for technology and is our in-house enthusiastic editor. He graduated from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and loves to test the latest gadgets and play with older software (something we’re still trying to figure out about himself). Hailing from Iowa, United States, James loves cats and is an avid hiker in his free time.