# Will we still be able to use the hamburger menu?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/will-we-still-be-able-to-use-the-hamburger-menu/239754
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** sidebar
**Created:** [September 21, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/will-we-still-be-able-to-use-the-hamburger-menu/239754 "2022-09-21T22:15:35Z")
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### Author: ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/will-we-still-be-able-to-use-the-hamburger-menu/239754/2 "2022-09-22T01:03:16Z")

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> [@attj](#):
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> Is this going to be mandatory for all new discourse updates or are going to have the option to keep the old hamburger menu?

> [@Try out the new sidebar and notification menus!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/try-out-the-new-sidebar-and-notification-menus/238821/80):
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> I can totally see outlier sites turning off `enable experimental sidebar hamburger`,

I’m hopeful that the “new hamburger” will meet folks’ needs who prefer not to use the sidebar. To use that, set things this way:

- `[x] enable experimental sidebar hamburger`
- `[] enable sidebar`

@attj have you had a chance to try that out?

(you can try it on meta w/ the `?enable_sidebar=0` query parameter)

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