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OzMoose888
Up and Coming
November 27, 2025
Question

I can't disable new navigator.

I'm on Quest V83 and a couple of versions ago I got lumped with the new navigator.  I can't stand it.  I've seen plenty of posts online saying you can disable it and go back to the Universal Menu via Advanced/Experimental settings.  The problem is, I don't have this option in there.  Any ideas?

    10 replies

    Choleni
    Choleni
    Honored Contributor
    November 27, 2025

    Hi OzMoose888​ 🙂

    In v83 there is no  option to disable Navigator anymore. It has been removed.

    I guess, you have to get used to the new Navigator.🤷‍♀️ 

      Maccyb123
      Honored Contributor
      November 27, 2025

      You can't unfortunately. 😕

      Maccyb
        OzMoose888Author
        Up and Coming
        November 27, 2025

        Ugh... so be it.  One other thing that really annoys me, they've taken away the option to filter apps by "Installed Only".  

          Maccyb123
          Honored Contributor
          November 27, 2025

          I noticed that too. A very annoying situation. Hopefully they'll fix it. I reported it as a bug. Everyone should do the same to encourage them to change that quickly. 

          Maccyb
            Thornsp51
            New Participant
            May 2, 2026

            Does Meta have 3 year old's setting up the UI. Why take the Navigator out of our options. I, for one like the old menu...what's the difference to a developer if I like the old menu...Meta, give us back the Navigator button!!

            Maccyb123
            Honored Contributor
            May 2, 2026

            Thornsp51​ It's not coming back. It's like getting a  new version of Android. The old one is gone. You're only talking to users on the forum here, so Meta isn't seeing this. You can always contact the Meta development team directly on their website. 

            Maccyb
              steve40
              steve40
              Honored Contributor
              May 3, 2026

              And the devs will fob them off and tell them to come here and post in the community forum 😁🤣.

                rocky91055
                New Participant
                May 6, 2026

                Can I go back to factory settings to get rid of this new Navigator?  It is driving me crazy to the point I don't want to use my headset anymore.  Please tell me I have the option to not have this forever!!!

                Choleni
                Choleni
                Honored Contributor
                May 6, 2026
                rocky.91055 wrote:

                Can I go back to factory settings to get rid of this new Navigator?

                No, this won't work.

                With a dev account you can use QGO to switch to the old ui. But i think, the old ui eventually gets removed completely from the software, so this is only a temporary option.

                https://www.reddit.com/r/MetaQuestVR/comments/1t4sm70/if_you_dont_like_the_new_ui_of_meta_you_can/

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