'Refresh Preview' missing from Power BI Desktop, Power Query August 2025 release

Hi GD_Oz,

Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft fabric community forum. Also, thanks to Shahid12523, shashiPaul1570_,  for his inputs on this thread. Here below I mentioned some workarounds that might be help.

It is not expected behaviour. The missing Query group (e.g. Refresh Preview, Advanced Editor, etc.) in Power Query Editor’s Home tab appears to be a UI regression in the August 2025 release (v2.146.x) of Power BI Desktop.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/fundamentals/desktop-latest-update

Right-click any query to access Advanced Editor, Query Properties, or Refresh Preview. Make sure the Power Query window is maximized or try expanding the ribbon to ensure UI elements aren’t hidden due to scaling. Toggle preview features: File → Options & Settings → Options → Global → Preview Features, restart and see if that restores the ribbon.

Temporary fix: Roll back to July 2025 build: Go to the Power BI Desktop update archive page and download the July 2025 version ideally the 64-bit installer, as 32-bit support ends after July. Install that version it should bring back the missing Query ribbon. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/fundamentals/desktop-latest-update-archive

Let’s stick with that build until Microsoft issues a fix in an upcoming release. For Power Query
reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-in/power-bi/transform-model/desktop-query-overview

Hope this clears things up. If you have any doubts regarding this, please feel free to ask here. We will be happy to help.

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