So the next steps will be to get all your bookmarks into those parents so the app can find and remove all your duplicates. The way Fast Bookmark Scanner works is that it can scan in three parent folders. (Those systems would be a topic for another post if I get around to using one that works well!) Tool Tip: How to Export your Bookmarks Step #3 Collate your top level folders You can export the cleaned up version back to your other browsers or use some system to keep them synced. The idea here is to get ALL your bookmarks in one place. Step #2 (If necessary) Import bookmarks from all browsers I am going to go through the steps I found that worked best for utilizing the power of Fast Bookmark Scanner Step #1 Install Fast Bookmark Scanner How to Remove Duplicates & Organize Bookmarks That said, I think there are better sites for discovery and sharing. TagPacker is an interesting site for finding articles but absolutely lousy at organizing your bookmarks.Removing duplicates and organizing is laborious! And after a couple hours of work, it deleted everything I had done! Google reviews of X-Marks and you will see that is has not improved. X-Marks: Though I love LastPass for saving passwords, their X-Mark product is buggy as all get out! It slows down your browser horribly.Two that I tried and do NOT recommend are: To keep this post short, I am not going to go into everything I tried to manage bookmarks over the years. When you try to collate or organize them via exporting and importing (even when using third party apps) you end up with duplicates: duplicate links, duplicate folders, duplicates of duplicates, etc. So in short, I have ended up with Bookmarks in many different browsers. Then when I am at work I often have to use Microsoft Edge. ![]() Currently Safari is seriously hanging and recently it deleted my History (Sigh!). I know I am not alone in having duplicate bookmark issues! Many of us who heavily use search frequently have to switch default browsers between Google Chrome, Safari, and Firefox because one or the other develops issues. (Disclosure: I make no money from this post.There is no additional purpose or benefit other than sincere appreciation and sharing info on a great app!) Duplicate Bookmark Creation Fast Bookmark Scanner has made my Bookmarks usable again. I am just wowed and appreciative of this great Chrome Extension built by Nordine Zetoutou of Chenove, France. Digital Advertising should be retitled Donor Stewardship! You can choose to check for just bad links, just duplicates, or both bad links and duplicates.So many interesting finds to bookmark!! Note I did not edit the stock image. Choose your preferred interval from the “schedule scan” menu a monthly scan is already enabled by default. From the Bookmark Sentry Dashboard, you can also schedule automatic daily, weekly, or monthly scans. When the scan is done, the Bookmark Sentry Scan Results page will open up in a new tab, just as it did when you first installed the extensions.ĥ. ![]() Click on the “Scan Now” button when you’re ready. You are also free to do a manual scan at any time from the Bookmark Sentry Dashboard, located on its Options page (wrench -> Tools -> Extensions -> click on Options under Bookmark Sentry). You can manually check each problem (click on the link in the Bookmark column), and delete the bookmarks that are no longer valid (click on the X in the Delete column).Ĥ. You should see all of your bookmark “problems” listed on the results page. ![]() Within seconds, you should see your scan results automatically open in a new tab this process may take longer if you have a very large amount of bookmarks.ģ. As soon as it’s installed, the extension will automatically scan all of your bookmarks. Install the Bookmark Sentry extension from the Chrome Web Store.Ģ. One of the easiest ways to manage your bookmarks and automatically check for duplicates and bad links, is with the Chrome extension Bookmark Sentry.ġ. Managing a large amonut of bookmarks is hard work, especially if you try to do it manually. Meaning, you may often bookmark the same link. You’ll probably also have a few duplicates here and there, since there’s no way that you can possibly remember every single bookmark you have.
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