Windows 8.1 includes a new version of Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 11. If you’ve skipped a few versions of Internet Explorer, you may notice something missing: those helpful button- and menu-filled strips across the browser’s top and bottom edges. But you can easily add or remove the toolbars from Internet Explorer.
Open Internet Explorer
![Open Internet Explorer](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6634a8f8dd9b2a63c9e6be83/66ccbd60f7a7e479a29a6f3b_392317.image0.jpeg)
Explorer opens, minus the toolbars.
Right-click the title-bar, the top-most strip across Internet Explorer, to see the pop-up menu.
![Right-click the title-bar, the top-most strip across Internet Explorer, to see the pop-up menu.](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6634a8f8dd9b2a63c9e6be83/66ccbd60f7a7e479a29a6f43_392318.image1.jpeg)
The pop-up menu lists the four optional bars: Menu Bar, Favorites Bar, Command Bar, and Status Bar.
When the pop-up menu appears, choose your desired bar.
![When the pop-up menu appears, choose your desired bar.](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6634a8f8dd9b2a63c9e6be83/66ccbd60f7a7e479a29a6f47_392319.image2.jpeg)
Choose Menu Bar, for example, and the menu bar appears across the program’s top. Changed your mind? Right-click the title-bar to see the pop-up menu and choose that same bar to toggle it back off.
Repeat these steps to add the bars you want, as shown in the figure.
![Repeat these steps to add the bars you want, as shown in the figure.](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6634a8f8dd9b2a63c9e6be83/66ccbd60f7a7e479a29a6f3f_392320.image3.jpeg)
You can install any or all of these bars by following these steps.