Mar 30, 2023

How to hide left sidebar?

Google maps with one of my accounts started to show a sidebar on the left. I did not switch in on, because I do not know how to do it. I want to switch it off, but there is no setting I can find.

On another account or signed out maps looks like before without the sidebar.

Attached the images with and without this sidebar.

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William.

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May 4, 2023

Hi everyone,

The Google developers have added a "Show side bar" option at the top of the menu, which allows users to either show the side bar or hide it:

However, I only have the option on one of my accounts, so it does not appear to be fully rolled out to all users yet. It may take time for it to become available.

Thanks

William

Last edited May 4, 2023

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सीके _

Diamond Product Expert

Mar 30, 2023

Hi, _golden_joe

Welcome to Google Maps Community Support Forum & thanks for your post.

That's the new UI Google is testing at present.

Regrettably, there is no way to stop its appearance.

Nevertheless, could you share your opinion through the help & feedback route?

Here is a link explaining how to do so.

"Send feedback about Maps."

The feature may become available later once there are sufficient requests.

User 10934597241138279790

Apr 21, 2023

this new sidebar is so TERRIBLE. Please at least give an option to hide it permanently. Its realy destracting

David Olshefski

May 25, 2023

The new Side bar is a waste of space.

User 6262356784064954946

Apr 12, 2023

Agree it's extremely ugly and distracting. Vast edge to edge maps on 4k monitor is an awesome experience.

Please google, turn this ugly white crap off!!

Alasdair Clooney

Apr 14, 2023

@User 3585851302834273072

Implying Google cares about what you think of their features. It's not like there's a single company that Google competes with to deliver exactly what Google delivers. You'll get what you're given and you'll enjoy it.

User 7585890202617969751

May 10, 2023

I want to remove it. I don't like it at all, makes the map smaller. how can I remove it?

User 17473459200156951385

Apr 13, 2023

It is stupid. What is wrong with the people making your UI decisions? In what world does a huge strip of blank space make the map more usable?

"Regrettably" says the recommended answer. If you have regrets about your own code, fix it. It's not like you carved it into stone.

Alasdair Clooney

Apr 14, 2023

Why am I only allowed to press the like button on the recommended answer. I feel like I agree with every response other than the recommended answer and yet I cannot express that through this interface.

User 6947611955191426577

Apr 20, 2023

True. Upvoting this one.

Eduard Schwengelhardt

Apr 15, 2023

Hi,

the only way to hide it, is by searching for something. Then the list with results appears that has an option to hide it and it also removes the sidebar. But this is no permanet solution. You have to do it every time you open google maps. Why they didn't add this button to the sidebar in the first place is beyond me.

Andrew i1

Apr 23, 2023

Yes, that's good. Upvoting +1

User 6262356784064954946

Apr 24, 2023

It does work but only when you're signed in.

It also leaves the white 'hide' arrow visible.

We still seek a solution to get rid of it entirely.

User 1195554135421837968

Apr 17, 2023

On a map, every inch is valuable real estate. Please allow users to disable or delete the white sidebar. It's distracting and ugly. And I may not want passersby to see my recent searches!

Septhian Adisurya Yudha

Apr 28, 2023

Yeah, it's really piss me off...

David Olshefski

May 25, 2023

side bar sucks

User 8997507129549170633

Apr 19, 2023

What is this ugly useless massive white bar doing to the left of maps? How do I turn it off? These UIX developers are getting worse by the month. IS this the newest shit they thought of? How about spend your time fixing one of the 23324 bugs that have existed for ever.

ManuelNeuer222

Apr 20, 2023

Hi, The sole method to conceal it is to perform a search, which will bring up a list of results with an option to hide it and also eliminate the sidebar. However, this is not a permanent solution as you will have to repeat the process every time you access Google Maps. I cannot comprehend why they didn't include this button in the sidebar initially.

User 10934597241138279790

Apr 21, 2023

why, just why has goole maps done this terrible decicion?`The fixed sidebar is so TERRIBLE. Please google get rid of it. Its bad. Its not needed. And if you realy have to implement it, AT LEAST give an option to hide it for those who dont want it. WTF google???=!!?!!?!!`?

Andrius Valužis

Apr 22, 2023

totally agreed.

lkutsilev

Apr 25, 2023

Also, I noticed that if I zoom in to 140-150%, the side bar disappears. (Checked in Chrome and Firefox.) Again, this is not a great solution, because the already existing "boxes" get bigger and take more space..., which we are trying to save in the first place...

William.

Diamond Product Expert