Just change the min-height: to what you want it to be. For example: 50px . navbar - nav > li > a { padding - top : 5px ! important ; padding - bottom : 5px ! important ;} . navbar { min - height : 50px ! important } If you are on a template with a navbar which is fixed to top, you have to modify another thing. Go to your CSS File and change the body padding to also 50px. body { padding-top : 50 px ; } Good read: navbar-fixed-top-bootstrap