# Can I enable the sidebar?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-enable-the-sidebar/233708>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [July 23, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-enable-the-sidebar/233708 "2022-07-23T00:27:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Don](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/don/32/228726_2.png) [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-enable-the-sidebar/233708/5 "2022-07-23T15:28:12Z")

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**To enable it**

`cd /var/discourse`  
`./launcher enter app`  
`rails c`  
`SiteSetting.enable_experimental_sidebar=true`  
`exit`  
`exit`

To disable it change the `true` to `false`.

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After this you can enable the sidebar on the users settings `/preferences/sidebar`

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