# Organizing / Maintaining IE Bookmarks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organizing-maintaining-ie-bookmarks/322907>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 22, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organizing-maintaining-ie-bookmarks/322907 "2005-09-22T16:50:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Green\_Means\_Go](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@Green\_Means\_Go](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Means_Go)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organizing-maintaining-ie-bookmarks/322907/1 "2005-09-22T16:50:43Z")

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Hello all,

I was going through my bookmarks in IE at work today, and boy are they a mess. There’s stuff everywhere, some I want to delete, some I want to move, and some I need to look at because I can’t even tell what they are.

So, I started using Internet Explorer’s interface to try to manage these, whereupon I discovered, IE’s interface for doing this pretty much sucks. It’s difficult to move things into other folders, its slow to update, and it asks me for confirmation every time I delete something.

Does anyone know of a good freeware bookmark organizer thats a bit less unwieldy? I have a LOT of bookmarks.

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organizing-maintaining-ie-bookmarks/322907/2 "2005-09-22T17:02:05Z")

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You can use Windows Explorer to manage your bookmarks in exactly the same fashion you manage all your other files. Look for a folder called “favorites,” under “documents and settings.” Alternatively, you can use the usual drag and drop methods on the drop down “Favorites” menu while IE is running.

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**Author:** ![Green\_Means\_Go](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@Green\_Means\_Go](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Means_Go)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organizing-maintaining-ie-bookmarks/322907/3 "2005-09-22T17:15:45Z")

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Unclebeer, yer a genius. I don’t know why that didn’t occur to me!

Thanks!