Bookmarks clean up
Tidy up your bookmarks — remove duplicates, find broken links, and clean up empty folders in seconds. Everything runs privately inside your browser.
Tidy up your bookmarks — remove duplicates, find broken links, and clean up empty folders in seconds. Everything runs privately inside your browser.
Over time, your bookmarks pile up: the same page saved twice, links that no longer work, empty folders left behind after a clean-out. Bookmarks clean up gives you a clear dashboard and a handful of simple tools to sort it all out — and it never uploads your bookmarks anywhere. Every scan and every change happens right inside your browser.
A read-only overview of your bookmark collection. Great for understanding the scale of the mess before you start cleaning.
| Item | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Total bookmarks | How many bookmarks you have in total |
| Total folders | How many folders (including nested ones) |
| Duplicates | Quick count of repeated bookmarks — jump to the Duplicates tab to handle them |
| Broken links | Quick count of dead links — jump to the Links tab to check them |
| Number of websites | How many different websites you've bookmarked |
| Top websites | The sites you've saved the most bookmarks from (Top 10) |
Finds bookmarks you've saved more than once and helps you remove the extras in bulk. Start by clicking "Scan duplicates".
| Option | What it means |
|---|---|
| Group by URL | Group bookmarks that share the exact same web address |
| Group by website | Group bookmarks from the same website (useful to see all pages you saved from one site) |
| Exact match | Two bookmarks count as duplicates only when the address is identical |
| Smart match | Treats near-identical addresses as the same — ignores tracking parameters (like ?ref=...) and small differences, so it catches more duplicates |
| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| Select all | Tick every duplicate bookmark at once |
| Select none | Clear all ticks |
| Keep first | Automatically keep the earliest copy in each group and tick the rest for deletion |
| Keep last | Keep the most recent copy in each group and tick the rest |
| Same-folder dedupe | Within a single folder, keep one copy and tick the rest |
| Delete selected | Remove all ticked bookmarks (a confirmation dialog lists exactly what will go) |
Every duplicate shows its title, address, and the folder it lives in, so you always know which one you're keeping and which you're removing.
Visits every bookmarked link to see whether it still works, then sorts the results into clear categories. You stay in control: nothing is deleted automatically.
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Grant permission | First-time only — allow the extension to open links so they can be checked. Used solely for checking, nothing else. |
| Start / Pause / Resume / Stop | Run the scan, pause it anytime (it remembers where it was), and resume or stop |
| Progress bar | Live counts of checked / OK / broken links while the scan runs |
| Select all / Delete selected | Pick the broken links you want to remove and confirm |
| Open to verify | Open the selected links in new browser tabs so you can double-check them yourself before deleting |
Each broken link is placed into one category. Only the first two mean "likely dead" — the others are warnings to review, not automatic deletions.
The page loads, but the content is secretly an error page (it says "page not found" or "removed"). Likely dead — verify before deleting.
The page is gone — e.g. 404 Not Found. Usually safe to remove, but you can still check.
The website's server has a temporary problem. Try again later before deleting — it may recover.
The site took too long to answer. Could be slow, blocked, or a flaky network. Review and retry.
The site is probably fine — it just refused the automated check (a captcha or protection wall). Open it manually to confirm.
The extension couldn't reach the site (network limit or the site refuses bots). Does NOT mean it's broken. Verify manually.
An uncategorized hiccup. Open the link to see what's going on before deciding.
The bookmark still works — it just jumps to a new address (e.g. an old domain moved to a new one). No need to delete. To update the address, edit the bookmark.
📌 The "Select all" button skips the Redirected group on purpose, so you won't accidentally delete bookmarks that still work fine.
Three tidy-up tools. Each one scans first, shows a preview list of what it found, and waits for your confirmation.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Remove empty folders | Finds and deletes folders that contain no bookmarks (leftovers after you cleaned out their contents) |
| Merge duplicate folders | Combines folders that have the same name under the same parent folder into one, moving all bookmarks together |
| Sort alphabetically | Arranges the bookmarks inside every folder from A to Z, with a live progress count |
Configure what gets scanned and how the link checker behaves. This is also where the help link and developer email live.
| Setting | What it controls |
|---|---|
| Back up bookmarks | A reminder with a button to open Chrome's bookmark manager so you can export a copy before deleting |
| Excluded folders | Bookmarks inside these folders (and their subfolders) are skipped by every scan |
| Skip domains | Website addresses the link checker should not visit (e.g. sites that always block bots). You add them yourself; none are preset. |
| Request interval | Wait time between each link check — higher is gentler on websites |
| Request timeout | How long to wait for a single site before giving up |
| Max concurrency | How many links are checked at the same time — higher is faster but more likely to trigger blocks |
| Retries | How many times to retry a link that failed before marking it broken |
| Soft 404 detection | On by default — reads the page content to catch fake "OK" error pages. Turn off for a faster, lighter scan. |