HELP: How to enable Home button beside address bar like that of Chrome on Brave (Android) -

HugeDoge8501 · August 18, 2025, 10:59am

Hi. I just switched from Chrome to Brave on android and I just wanted to ask if there is a work around to enable a home button to be placed beside the address bar on the Brave browser the same way it is located on a Chrome browser?

Let me know if there are any fixes. Please help me with this.

289wk · August 18, 2025, 11:09am

@HugeDoge8501

github.com/brave/brave-browser

[Android] No Home button without bottom toolbar

opened 05:02PM - 24 Apr 20 UTC

Pavbc

feature/global-settings design/needs-mock-up priority/P3 OS/Android

## Description Home button doesn't appear on android when bottom tool bar is di…sabled ## Steps to reproduce 1. Enable home button in settings 2. Disable bottom toolbar 3. No home button appear during browsing ## Actual result No home button anywhere ## Expected result Home button should appear on the top left corner, right beside the URL ## Issue reproduces how often Easily, tested on multiple devices and multiple versions (even very old ones) ## Issue happens on Play store default Play store beta ## Device details Moto G1 lineage OS android 8.1 (ARM) Galaxy S7 android 8 stock (ARM64) Moto G5s Plus android 8 (ARM64) ## Brave version Various versions, including the most recent stable, beta and very old ones till 1.1.0 ### Website problems only - Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? No - Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards? No - Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? No, chrome has a functioning home button ### Additional information The home button only appear when bottom toolbar is enabled, which takes valuable screen space on small screen devices like the S7. The home page is set to "chrome-native://bookmarks/folder/3" to easily access mobile bookmarks, but every time a new tab is opened, I can't access the home page because there is no button to do so. The only way to access the home page without bottom toolbar is to close all tabs and then restart the browser itself, which defeats the purpose of quickly accessing the home at all.

github.com/brave/brave-browser

[Android] setting to put URL bar, shields, overflow menu, etc on bottom of screen

opened 04:26PM - 03 May 18 UTC

LaurenWags

feature/url-bar OS/Android

## Brave Software staff comment (by @bsclifton) This is possible already if you… visit brave://flags and search for `android-bottom-toolbar` flag and enable. We'll be rolling this out when the time is right - stay tuned to this issue for more information 😄 ------------ **Did you search for similar issues before submitting this one?** Yes **Description:** Chromium 66 removed the 'Chrome Home' flag from chrome://flags which gave the user the ability to put URL bar, etc on the bottom of the screen. This was a popular feature and it would be good to get it back if we can. Requested via community: https://community.brave.com/t/reimplement-bottom-screen-navigation/21529 **Device Details:** - Install Type(ARM, x86): all - Device(Phone, Tablet, Phablet): all - Android Version: all **Brave Version:** 1.0.45+ (chromium 66 was introduced with 1.0.45) **Steps to reproduce:** 1. Update to or install 1.0.45 or higher version. 2. Navigate to chrome://flags 3. `Chrome Home` option is no longer available. **Actual Behavior** Chromium 66 removed this option. **Expected Behavior** Would be good if we could have a Brave setting for this as it was a popular feature. **Is this an issue with Beta build?** n/a **Is this an issue in the currently released version?** yes **Additional information** This feature was purposefully dropped in chromium 66 - https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/02/16/experimental-chrome-home-interface-now-chrome-duplex-address-bar-back-top/

system · September 17, 2025, 11:09am

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HELP: How to enable Home button beside address bar like that of Chrome on Brave (Android) -

Hi. I just switched from Chrome to Brave on android and I just wanted to ask if there is a work around to enable a home button to be placed beside the address bar on the Brave browser the same way it is located on a Chrome browser?

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