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Disable the flag - chrome://flags/#views-browser-windows
  Enable the flag - chrome://flags/#enable-fullscreen-toolbar-reveal

Go to View Menu and uncheck - Always show Toolbar in Full Screen

Tada!

P.S.: This also brings back old chrome look without the round edges.

Figured it out and wanted to create a question for posterity.

Disable the flag - chrome://flags/#views-browser-windows Enable the flag - chrome://flags/#enable-fullscreen-toolbar-reveal

Go to View Menu and uncheck - Always show Toolbar in Full Screen

You will need to relaunch chrome to see the required functionality enabled again.

P.S.: This also brings back old chrome look without the round edges.

Answer taken from this thread created specifically to fix this issue on google help forums for chrome

edit: this solution is dead on newer versions of chrome(70+) as the required flags have been removed. the chrome devs really don't care about regressions in UI i guess

Figured it out and wanted to create a question for posterity.

Disable the flag - chrome://flags/#views-browser-windows
Enable the flag - chrome://flags/#enable-fullscreen-toolbar-reveal

Go to View Menu and uncheck - Always show Toolbar in Full Screen

You will need to relaunch chrome to see the required functionality enabled again.

P.S.: This also brings back old chrome look without the round edges.

Answer taken from this thread created specifically to fix this issue on google help forums for chrome

edit: this solution is dead on newer versions of chrome(70+) as the required flags have been removed. the chrome devs really don't care about regressions in UI i guess

Figured it out and wanted to create a question for posterity.

Disable the flag - chrome://flags/#views-browser-windows
Enable the flag - chrome://flags/#enable-fullscreen-toolbar-reveal

Go to View Menu and uncheck - Always show Toolbar in Full Screen

Tada!

P.S.: This also brings back old chrome look without the round edges.

Figured it out and wanted to create a question for posterity.

Disable the flag - chrome://flags/#views-browser-windows
Enable the flag - chrome://flags/#enable-fullscreen-toolbar-reveal

Go to View Menu and uncheck - Always show Toolbar in Full Screen

You will need to relaunch chrome to see the required functionality enabled again.

P.S.: This also brings back old chrome look without the round edges.

Answer taken from this thread created specifically to fix this issue on google help forums for chrome

Figured it out and wanted to create a question for posterity.

Disable the flag - chrome://flags/#views-browser-windows
Enable the flag - chrome://flags/#enable-fullscreen-toolbar-reveal

Go to View Menu and uncheck - Always show Toolbar in Full Screen

You will need to relaunch chrome to see the required functionality enabled again.

P.S.: This also brings back old chrome look without the round edges.

Answer taken from this thread created specifically to fix this issue on google help forums for chrome

edit: this solution is dead on newer versions of chrome(70+) as the required flags have been removed. the chrome devs really don't care about regressions in UI i guess