missing edit links in sharepoint site

Question

I can't find edit links for the top and left menu in shareppoint site!

How to get edit links back?

Any insight, Thanks

Answer 1

This occurs in case of

• You don't have sufficient permission to edit links

OR

• Your site template is a publishing site

where Edit links (quick launch) is available in Team site and not available to the publishing site.

Meanwhile, if your site is a publishing site , you can manage links by going to

• Site Settings > Look and Feel > Navigation.

Answer 2

this ability is not available on all webs. This is because the SharePoint navigation provider limits this function to webs that have been created from a specific list of web templates:

• Team Site – STS#0
• My Site Host – SPSSITEHOST#0
• SharePoint Portal Server Personal Space – SPSPERS#0
• Storage And Social SharePoint Portal Server Personal Space – SPSPERS#2
• Storage Only SharePoint Portal Server Personal Space – SPSPERS#3
• Social Only SharePoint Portal Server Personal Space – SPSPERS#4
• Empty SharePoint Portal Server Personal Space – SPSPERS#5
• Project Site – PROJECTSITE#0

Check this or this

To check which template is being used, check this one

https://nickhobbs.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/sharepoint-how-to-check-which-site-template-was-used-to-create-a-site-just-using-a-web-browser/

Answer 3

If it's not a permission problem: Check if Link inheritance is activated. If so the "edit links" button won't show up and you won't be able to edit the links. You can do it on the parent site though.

Answer 4

On the right window there's a section that says "Share", "Follow", and a frame. Click on the frame and links should populate.