How to Hide and Show the Ribbon Toolbar in Word and Excel

This guide explains how to hide and Show the Ribbon Toolbar in Word and Excel, with clear steps, practical tips, and important checks before you begin.

The hidden and visible Ribbon bar in Word and Excel is the same, so in this article, the instructions on Word. With Excel you do the same thing.

1. Hide the Ribbon bar.

- The easiest way to hide the Ribbon toolbar is to simply click on the up and down arrow in the right corner of the software:

- Toolbar results are hidden:

- To display the Ribbon in two ways:

+ Option 1: Click on any one card, for example, select the Home tab -> select the Pin the ribbon icon or press Ctrl + F1:

Method 2: Click on the icon in the upper right corner of the interface -> Show Tabs and Commands:

With the simple way as above, you can customize / show the Ribbon as you like.

2. Hide the Ribbon with a selection

Want to hide or show the command tags, or properties in the tabs on the Ribbon, for example, want to display

Step 1: Click anywhere on the Ribbon -> Customize the Ribbon ( or go to the File / Options / Customize the Ribbon tab)

Step 2: The Word Option dialog box appears, select Customize Ribbon -> in Main Tabs, select the tab and the properties of the card you want to display on the Ribbon, for example, you want to display the Developer tab -> OK

Step 3: After clicking OK, go back to the test text on the Ribbon , the Developer tab appears :

Similarly, you can select or hide some attributes of the tags according to your needs and job needs.

Above is a detailed guide on how to hide and display the Ribbon in Word, Excel from the 2007 version onwards. Good luck!