New updates will be added at the bottom of this story …….
The original story (published March 16, 2021) follows:
The latest version of the Google Chrome browser has version number 89 and was merged with the stable branch at the beginning of this month. The update brings several new features.
For the uninitiated, the profiles module has received a major overhaul with the update, where each user can now customize their profile with a custom background and play with different themes and color schemes.
The update also implements support for WebHID, which in short is an API that allows web applications to communicate with Human Interface Devices (HID) such as VR controls, gamepads and joysticks.
And last but not least, there is the new Google Chrome Reading List feature that allows users to save things they find worth reading for later or maybe just for archiving purposes.
Before, people relied on third-party plugins like Pocket for the same purpose, but now it’s great to see Chrome have its own built-in feature.
To add things to Chrome’s Reading List anyway, simply press the star icon in the address bar and then select “Add to Reading List”.
Such saved sites can then be easily accessed from the left side of Chrome’s bookmarks bar, as shown in the image above.
However, this implementation was not well liked by everyone. Many now complain that the Reading List option takes up too much space on the bookmarks bar – space that could otherwise be used to keep extra bookmarks in view.
That’s why some users have looked for a way to hide it completely.
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So this “reading list” just appeared next to my bookmarks and is taking up too much space that I need for my bookmarks. I wonder how I can get rid of it.
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How to Hide – Reading List from Bookmark. It annoyed me for God’s sake, just came out of nowhere today.
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Luckily for you, we managed to find a simple solution.
You may know that Google Chrome gives users a great deal of control over its features through its flags. And while most things underneath may be experimental, in the end it comes in pretty handy for those looking for a way to customize Chrome beyond what it allows up front.
This feature is now going to help us remove reading list from bookmarks bar in Google Chrome by disabling it completely. Just follow the steps below for immediate results:
NOTE: If you want to know more about Google Chrome Reading List on Android, go here.
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1. Enter chrome: // flags / # read-later in the address bar and press Enter.
2. Select “Disabled” from the drop-down list next to the Reading List option.
3. Restart Chrome.
The above set of steps is of course completely valid for any desktop operating system – be it macOS, Windows or Linux.
Pretty simple isn’t it? Hopefully the workaround has done the job for you. If so, let us know in the comments below.
Update 1 (March 17th)
It’s worth noting that, as is usually the case with staged rollouts, the Reading List feature may not be available to everyone (as it has just started rolling out). The only way to get rid of it at this point is the one we’ve outlined above.
However, if you don’t want to walk that path but want Google to roll back the feature, it’s worth knowing that a rollback will only happen when a lot of users send negative feedback about the feature to the company. So it is best to send your opinion as feedback to the company.
Check out what a community product expert recently said about this (translated):
It’s not in my area
I think it will probably be applied sequentially or in the form of ‘distributed as a test to a small number of people’As is often the case with Google, if you want to apply it to everyone at once
We can pre-request 5% or 10% of users to see the response in advance.
Ultimately, it will be applied to everyone
I think it will be withdrawn a small number of times if it is a fatal flaw or major unpopularity.
(Are there not many visible recordings?)I think it is good to send “Jamada” as an opinion
I think it’s good to send feedback and say, “I’m getting more and more annoying to the reading list. I want to get rid of it. ”
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