How do I disable (get rid of, entirely) the sidbar on the left?

The sidebar takes up too much space and distracts. I would like to make it go away completely and never come back. I have found answers telling me how to close it (click the little cross) or how to make it smaller (pull right-hand side over) but none that tell me how to get rid of it for ever.
Did I miss something?
What can be done?

What is opening in the sidebar?
You can toggle the Bookmarks sidebar on/off via "View > Sidebar > Bookmarks" or Ctrl+B (Command+B on Mac) 
You can toggle the History sidebar on/off via "View > Sidebar > History" or Ctrl+H (Command+H on Mac)
Opening in the sidebar is the default for bookmarks that are created via a link or button on a website. 
You can check the Properties of a bookmark via the context menu in the sidebar (Ctrl+B; Command+B on Mac). 
In the Bookmarks Manager (Bookmarks > Show All Bookmarks) you can click the More button in the Details pane at the bottom right. 
Make sure that "Load this bookmark in the sidebar" is not selected. 
You can also check for problems caused by a corrupted localstore.rdf file.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Corrupt_localstore.rdf

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