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 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 in either at 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 2013.