diff --git a/docs/charts/bar.md b/docs/charts/bar.md
index 853130f966e..b5a24fc48fb 100644
--- a/docs/charts/bar.md
+++ b/docs/charts/bar.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Only the `data` option needs to be specified in the dataset namespace.
 | [`barPercentage`](#barpercentage) | `number` | - | - | `0.9` |
 | [`barThickness`](#barthickness) | `number`\|`string` | - | - | |
 | [`borderColor`](#styling) | [`Color`](../general/colors.md) | Yes | Yes | `'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1)'`
-| [`borderSkipped`](#borderskipped) | `string` | Yes | Yes | `'start'`
+| [`borderSkipped`](#borderskipped) | `string`\|`boolean` | Yes | Yes | `'start'`
 | [`borderWidth`](#borderwidth) | `number`\|`object` | Yes | Yes | `0`
 | [`borderRadius`](#borderradius) | `number`\|`object` | Yes | Yes | `0`
 | [`categoryPercentage`](#categorypercentage) | `number` | - | - | `0.8` |
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ Options are:
 * `'left'`
 * `'top'`
 * `'right'`
-* `false`
+* `false` (don't skip any borders)
+* `true` (skip all borders)
 
 #### borderWidth
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/controller.bar.js b/src/controllers/controller.bar.js
index 557bffbd8c9..b18ffb71b33 100644
--- a/src/controllers/controller.bar.js
+++ b/src/controllers/controller.bar.js
@@ -208,6 +208,11 @@ function setBorderSkipped(properties, options, stack, index) {
     return;
   }
 
+  if (edge === true) {
+    properties.borderSkipped = {top: true, right: true, bottom: true, left: true};
+    return;
+  }
+
   const {start, end, reverse, top, bottom} = borderProps(properties);
 
   if (edge === 'middle' && stack) {
diff --git a/types/index.esm.d.ts b/types/index.esm.d.ts
index 8fd5a41f635..75304c1f2e2 100644
--- a/types/index.esm.d.ts
+++ b/types/index.esm.d.ts
@@ -1984,10 +1984,10 @@ export interface BarOptions extends Omit<CommonElementOptions, 'borderWidth'> {
   base: number;
 
   /**
-   * Skipped (excluded) border: 'start', 'end', 'left',  'right', 'bottom', 'top', 'middle' or false (none).
+   * Skipped (excluded) border: 'start', 'end', 'left',  'right', 'bottom', 'top', 'middle', false (none) or true (all).
    * @default 'start'
    */
-  borderSkipped: 'start' | 'end' | 'left' | 'right' | 'bottom' | 'top' | 'middle' | false;
+  borderSkipped: 'start' | 'end' | 'left' | 'right' | 'bottom' | 'top' | 'middle' | boolean;
 
   /**
    * Border radius