# Show Icons Only

> Show website bookmarks in a favicon-only layout on Firefox's Bookmarks Toolbar, with automatic local title backups and recovery tools.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/show-icons-only](https://chrome-stats.com/d/show-icons-only)

## Overview

- **ID:** `show-icons-only`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Alltag
- **Category:** appearance,bookmarks
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 0.1.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-01
- **First published:** 2026-08-29
- **Size:** 37 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/show-icons-only/)

## Description

Show Icons Only gives Firefox's Bookmarks Toolbar a compact, favicon-only appearance for website bookmarks placed directly on the toolbar. A favicon is the small website icon that represents a site. The extension never changes bookmark URLs, positions, folders, separators, bookmarks inside folders, or the favicons themselves.

Important: Firefox does not offer a setting that hides only bookmark labels. To create the icon-only appearance, the extension temporarily makes the actual bookmark title empty. Before doing so, it saves the exact title and URL in a verified local recovery backup. While icon-only mode is active, the same bookmark also appears without a title in Manage Bookmarks, the Bookmarks Sidebar, and bookmark menus.

Features:
<ul><li>Show all website bookmarks placed directly on the Bookmarks Toolbar as favicons only with one switch.</li><li>Keep titles visible for individual bookmarks whenever you choose.</li><li>Your exact original titles are saved locally before anything is hidden.</li><li>Restore all bookmark titles at any time, including before removing the extension.</li><li>Check your backup, export a local copy, and import it again if recovery is needed.</li><li>Interrupted changes are safely checked after Firefox or the extension restarts.</li><li>The extension never sends bookmark data anywhere. It has no network access, telemetry, analytics, or advertising.</li></ul>
Important recovery limits:
<ul><li>If you use Firefox Sync, an empty title may reach another device before the local recovery backup is available there.</li><li>If you remove the extension directly through Firefox's Add-ons Manager, Firefox normally deletes the local backup before the extension can restore your titles.</li><li>If Firefox user data or extension storage is deleted or damaged, only a previously exported backup can help recover the stored title information.</li></ul>
Use <code>Restore All Bookmark Titles</code> or <code>Restore Titles and Remove Extension</code> before uninstalling. Users who need visible or spoken bookmark labels should leave titles enabled globally or for individual bookmarks.

All processing happens locally inside Firefox.

## Rankings

- #115,445 — Overall
- #158 — show

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `bookmarks`
- `storage`
- `menus`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Access to bookmarks may provide insights into user preferences and interests but generally carries low risk.
- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/show-icons-only)