[Tip] Enable or Disable New Bookmarks Refresh UI in Chrome on Android

New versions of Google Chrome app on Android smartphones come with a brand new feature called “Bookmarks Refresh” and this article will help you in enabling or disabling this new feature.

Since a few months, Google Chrome team was working on a new refreshing UI for Bookmarks Manager in Chrome app for Android smartphones to change the look-n-feel of Bookmarks page in Chrome app. The good news is that now Chrome users can enable and enjoy the new redesigned Bookmarks Manager UI on their mobile phones.

The new refreshing UI comes with following 2 major changes in Chrome on Android:

Change no. 1: It moves the Bookmark (Star) icon from the top toolbar to options list in Chrome 3-dots menu as shown in following screenshot:

Now you get a dedicated Bookmark option in Main Menu instead of a small Star icon.

Change no. 2: It makes the bookmarks icons larger in Bookmarks Manager as shown in following screenshot:

Now the bookmarks items take more screen space which may not please some users.

The new Visual Refresh for Bookmarks Manager is not enabled by default in Chrome. Interested users need to manually activate it by modifying a hidden secret preference/flag on their smartphone. In coming months, Chrome team may start rolling out the new UI for Bookmarks in Chrome on all Android smartphones.

Following steps will help you in enabling or disabling the new refreshing UI for Bookmarks Manager in Chrome on your Android smartphone:

1. Open Chrome app in your smartphone and type chrome://flags in address bar and tap on Go. It’ll open Chrome Experiments page where you can turn on/off several features.

2. Now type bookmarks in Search flags box and look for following option in the result:

3. Tap on the “Default” drop-down box and select “Enabled (everything)” option from the list to activate and enable new refreshing UI of Bookmarks Manager in Chrome.

If you want to disable the new UI of Bookmarks Manager, select “Disabled” option from the list.

4. Chrome will ask you to restart the browser. Click on “Relaunch Now” button to relaunch Google Chrome.

That’s it. You have successfully enabled/disabled new Bookmarks Manager UI in Chrome.

PS: In future, if you want to restore default settings in Chrome app, set the above mentioned preference to Default.

BONUS TIP:

There are multiple options available to select when you tap on Default value given for Bookmarks Refresh preference.

• Default
• Enabled
• Enabled (manager visuals only)
• Enabled (app menu item only)
• Enabled (everything)
• Disabled

If you want to enable new UI for Bookmarks Manager only and don’t want to change Star icon in Chrome 3-dots menu, select “Enabled (manager visuals only)” option.

If you don’t want to enable new UI for Bookmarks Manager but want to change Star icon position in Chrome 3-dots menu, select “Enabled (app menu item only)” option.

If you want to enable both UIs, select “Enabled (everything)” option.

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