Hello SharePointers,

In this blog, we will see why edit link is missing in Top Navigation bar in SharePoint Online/Office 365

1.Edit links available only on the following site templates

•  Team Site
• Publishing site
• Personal Site
• Project site.

2.SharePoint edit links permission might be the issue. You should  have “Edit “permission level at-least. For Contributors and Visitors , you wont see them.

3.If your sub-site is inheriting navigation from Parent site, the link “Edit Links” in top navigation will not appear. To enable edit links SharePoint 2013 – Your site shouldn’t inherit navigation from the parent site
4. Its available only for Structural Navigation  in  publishing sites.

Happy SharePointing Folks 🙂