How do I get a missing toolbar to display in Safari?

By On August 9, 2010 · 7 Comments
Safari toolbar

Where is my toolbar?

Question: For months now I’ve had to ask Safari to “show toolbar” every time I open it or open a new window. This is despite the fact that with my settings, the toolbar should always show up. This is getting on my nerves. How do I fix it?

Answer: This is a common problem for an application. A setting has been set, clearly, and yet the software does not answer to it.

A common fix is to trash a preference file. Before you do that, make sure to quit Safari.

Then, you should look for the “plist” file according to the following pattern, starting from the desktop:

startup disk > user > Library > Preferences > com.apple.safari.plist

Select the com.apple.safari.plist and put it in the Trash. Then, launch Safari again. You are set!

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  • craigf

    When messing with plists, I think it is preferable to rename them rather than trashing them. That way they are recoverable if problems arise later. I usually use a leading X when I do this (as in Xcom.apple.safari.plist) so all renamed plists show up together in alphabetical order.

  • bill

    go to view . . then customize toolbar.. then seems like it is frozen and wont do anything… just click and drag the whole section from the bottom (the whole toolbar).. drag it to where your toolbar used to be.. should work

  • andy

    This did not work, so no more Safari for me. I removed it by accident – why would it even be an option to remove it.

  • Gina

    Thank you Bill. You’re a life saver.

  • Annie Addington Faye

    Thank you, Bill!!!

  • john k.

    add toolbar in safari. lost during operations.

  • Audy07

    What a pain. No tool bar and then all this to go through?