Global navigation made easy. Connect globally with the SharePoint app bar!

• News (User Driven)

• Files (User Driven)

Key Highlights

• Personalized content (sites/news/files) in the SharePoint app bar is enabled by Microsoft Graph
• You can only customize the Global navigation tab (Possible to change only the home icon.)
• Customizing global navigation requires a home site must be a communication site
• When global navigation is disabled or not configured, the home icon links to the SharePoint start page
• Specific Tabs on the SharePoint app bar cannot be disabled
• SharePoint app bar cannot be disabled on a specific site

How to disable the SharePoint app bar?

You cannot disable the SharePoint app bar permanently. However, you can temporarily disable the SharePoint app bar in your tenant using PowerShell.

To temporarily disable the SharePoint app bar:

• 1. Download the latest version of SharePoint Online PowerShell.
• 2. Run the following command with administrator privileges:

Set-SPOTemporarilyDisableAppBar $true

If you have disabled the SharePoint app bar previously and now you are ready to enable the SharePoint app bar in your tenant, run the following command:

Set-SPOTemporarilyDisableAppBar $false