The bookmarks bar is a toolbar in Chrome that you can also add your favorite websites you visit frequently on to make opening them faster and more convenient. We all access news, social and our favorite sites to get information. But what if you have too many bookmarks? It’s easy to delete bookmarks on Chrome browser. So, if you are a Chrome browser user who have a lot of unwanted bookmarks then here is an solutions just for you.
Use any of these methods to remove bookmarks from Chrome. Ways to delete bookmarks:
Method 1: Delete Bookmarks One-by-One from the Bookmarks Bar
1- Launch Chrome browser on your computer.
2- Right-click the bookmark on the bookmarks bar and Click Delete.
Method 2: Delete All Bookmarks On Chrome
1- Launch Chrome browser on your computer.
2- Click on the three-dot (menu) icon at the top right corner. Select Bookmarks and then Bookmark manager from the dropdown menu. You can also use the shortcut key Ctrl + Shift + O.
3- Choose your folder of which you want to delete the bookmark. you’d then right-click on the folder you want to delete and select “Delete.”
This will permanently delete all the bookmarks in that folder. Folders in the sidebar are independent of each other, so you need to delete each one separately if you want to remove all your bookmarks.
Note: Just be aware that you will not be able to delete the “Bookmarks Bar” folder.
Alternatively
Click in the list of bookmarks and press CTRL+A on your keyboard to select every bookmark in the folder. They should all be highlighted. And press delete key.
If you have other bookmark folders to delete, click the next folder in the sidebar and repeat this process.
Method 3: Delete bookmarks file
1- Open the Run dialog box ( windows key +R ).
2- Copy and paste the command below into the Run dialog box , and press Enter.
If you wish, you can simplify the opening “user data profile” folder with using our Script which is available at the end of the page then choose the default or other user profile you use.
%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
Locate the bookmarks and bookmarks.bak files, select and delete them. This will remove all bookmarks ever created since you’ve installed Chrome on your device.
Note: it will not delete bookmarks saved on other devices even if the devices are synced under the same account.
Published on: Oct 4, 2020 – Last edited: 02-12-2022