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Can the Collapse Sidebar feature be added back?

  • Oct 19, 2026 3:21 PM UTC
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I never use the sidebar in Miro. With the newest app update, the feature to close the sidebar is gone. I would love to be able to close it and if possible, for the setting to stick and not reopen every time I open the app.

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ctrl + / will close and open the sidebar since latest update


Robert Johnson
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  • Oct 27, 2026 10:56 PM UTC

​@Brianna M The action to close the sidebar should now be located at the top left of the sidebar:

 


Robert Johnson
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  • Nov 6, 2026 2:59 AM UTC

Tired of closing the Miro Spaces sidebar on every board? I built a free extension for that.

Boards inside a Space reopen the Spaces sidebar every time they load, even if you closed it last time. It's a small annoyance that adds up.

Remember Sidebar fixes it. Close the sidebar once and it stays closed. Open it yourself whenever you want and that works as usual.

  • Free Chrome and Edge extension (other Chromium browsers should work too)
  • One-click on/off switch in the toolbar
  • Runs only on miro.com and collects no data
  • Open source, so you or your IT team can read the code and build it yourself

Miro already remembers your choice on boards outside a Space. Inside a Space, it reopens the sidebar on load regardless. That's the part this fixes.

Known quirk: you may see the sidebar flash open for a moment before it closes. I'm looking into a cleaner fix.

Get it: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/remember-sidebar/hgedmmombbglbgbmfbebjanefbpbapgi 

Source: https://github.com/realrobertjohnson/remember-sidebar 

Feedback: https://forms.gle/MdcMbqMqPoieU3Lr7 

Not affiliated with or endorsed by Miro. Use at your own risk.