Edit Links Missing in SharePoint Navigation?

Edit Links is a new feature introduced in SharePoint 2013 to provide a quick way to Add, Edit, Remove and Re-arrange links in quick launch and top navigation. 

Edit Links Missing in SharePoint 2016 Navigation?

So, You are not getting Edit links in SharePoint 2013 navigation? Well, check the below factors:

• Edit links available only on certain site templates such as Team Site,  Publishing sites, Personal Site, and Project site.
• SharePoint 2013 edit links permission: You need to have an “Edit “permission level at-least. For Contributors and Visitors, SharePoint 2013 edit links are not available.
• If your subsite is inheriting navigation from the parent site, the link “Edit Links” in the top navigation will not appear. To enable edit links SharePoint 2013 – Your site shouldn’t inherit navigation from the parent site.
• It’s available only for the “Structural Navigation” option under “Navigation Settings” on publishing sites.
• You may have custom CSS deployed which hides “Edit Links”!

How to remove edit links in SharePoint?

Use this CSS either on the Master page or in Script/Content editor web parts to hide edit links in SharePoint 2013.

<style>
 .ms-navedit-editLinksText{
  display: none;
 }
 </style> 

This disables edit links in SharePoint.