The fastest way to hide Excel ribbon is to press Ctrl + F1. To see only the tab names without commands like in the screenshot below, use any of the following techniques: If the ribbon takes up too much space at the top of your worksheet, especially on a small screen laptop, you can collapse it to show only the tab names or hide the ribbon altogether. Similar methods can be used to hide ribbon in Excel, and the next section explains the details. This will show the ribbon in the default full view with all the tabs and commands.

To get the ribbon back permanently, click the Ribbon Display Options button in the top-right corner and choose the Show Tabs and Commands option.To unhide the ribbon temporarily, click at the very top of your workbook.If the ribbon is hidden completely including the tab names, here's how you can restore it: A small pin icon will appear at the lower right corner in Excel 20 (the arrow in Excel 2013), and you click on it to always show the ribbon. For this, click on any tab to temporarily view the ribbon. Right-click any ribbon tab and clear the check mark next to Collapse the Ribbon in Excel 2019 - 2013 or Minimize the Ribbon in Excel 20.Double-click on any ribbon tab to make the entire ribbon visible again.If the Excel ribbon is minimized so that only tab names are visible, do one of the following to get it back to a normal full display:

If the ribbon has disappeared from your Excel UI, don't panic! You can quickly get it back by using one of the following techniques.

Excel ribbon missing – how to restore it.

Do you feel the ribbon takes up too much of your screen space? No problem, one click of your mouse, and it is hidden. Ribbon is the central point of whatever you do in Excel and the area where most of features and commands available to you reside. In this short tutorial, you will find 5 quick and easy ways to restore Excel ribbon in case it is missing and learn how to hide the ribbon to get more room for your worksheet.

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