# Deleting Google Chrome bookmarks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-google-chrome-bookmarks/843471>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 15, 2019, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-google-chrome-bookmarks/843471 "2019-11-15T03:28:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-google-chrome-bookmarks/843471/1 "2019-11-15T03:28:24Z")

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I, using my usual fantastic organizational skills, have ended up with hundreds of bookmarks in my Chrome browser. I would like to delete most of these and sort of start over, but so far can delete only one at a time, a long slow process. I have searched the help function, with no help found. Do any of you Google experts know of a good way to delete bookmarks in big bunches? Would much appreciate any help here.

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**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-google-chrome-bookmarks/843471/2 "2019-11-15T04:11:24Z")

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If you go to chrome://bookmarks it gives you a UI that will at least let you multi-select (i.e. shift-click on lists) and delete.

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**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-google-chrome-bookmarks/843471/3 "2019-11-15T04:48:58Z")

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You can also get there by choosing “bookmarks” -\> “bookmark manager” under the menu button.

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**Author:** ![Vesicant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/43a26b/32.png) [@Vesicant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vesicant)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-google-chrome-bookmarks/843471/4 "2019-11-15T05:54:19Z")

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Delete the bookmark file in your Chrome user profile, which should be at:

C:\Users(Username)\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

The file won’t have an extension and will just be named “Bookmarks”.

You may want to create a copy before you delete it, or you could just move it to another folder.

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**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-google-chrome-bookmarks/843471/5 "2019-11-15T19:59:36Z")

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Well, that was easy. Thanks to you guys my bookmarks are now a lot more manageable.

It’s rather interesting that nowhere in the advice provided by the Google help function were any of these solutions mentioned.