How to empty all bookmarks in The latest Edge - -Nov 2023

Go here in Edge:
edge://favorites/

Then click the top level folder in a section
In the right pane CTRL A to select all
Click Delete

Repeat if any other top-level folders and for the Favorites Bar as necessary.

Shouldn't take many attempts.

See e.g. (5) here:
Microsoft Edge Favorites Tips - Sort, Bulk Delete, Search and Hide Favorites Bar – WebNots

OR

Possibly (not tried):
Go here using file explorer:
%appdata%\..\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\
Look for
Bookmarks

Move/rename that.

Note: the location of this seems to have changed over the history of Edge.

So I search for bookmarks and get:

It seems that there are per profile bookmarks if configured.

Also there is a difference in the paths:

C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Local\MicrosoftEdge\User\Default
C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Profile 7

Note the \ in the second path. MicrosoftEdge vs. Microsoft\Edge

and MicrosoftEdge\User\ vs. Microsoft\Edge\User Data\

As @dalchina suggests: Try backing up the files just in case then rename them.

Also I don't use Edge much and use a local account to sign into Windows. If using an MS account there might be some sort of browser data sync going on.

Maybe someone else knows more about that possibility.

Many good ideas may come when lying in bed.. and "sleeping on it" can certainly help!

You mention using Everything.. reminds me of one thing I did, having found some guide no longer accurate about the location of the 'Bookmarks' file... I used a 3rd party search tool to find 'Bookmarks' so as to find the correct folder for the current build of Edge...

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dalchina said:

Go here in Edge:
edge://favorites/


Then click the top level folder in a section
In the right pane CTRL A to select all


Yesterday I wasted time trying to to find "edge://favorites/" in file explorer, Everything (search) and Windows search :). This morning I woke up and put "edge://favorites/" on the browser. A few minutes later and all is good...very good.

Growing old is not for sissies!

Many thanks to all for the helpful ideas.
Click Delete

Click Delete

The easiest way is to right click the favorites icon in the toolbar and select 'open favorites page'. CTRL +A . Then select delete. Bare in mind they will no doubt appear again at a later date.
So click on your personal icon top right and select the 'manage profile settings' which is the cog wheel. Select sync and turn off Favorites.

Um, said that in post #2.. including the linked page..

Oh ok.. was in a bit of a hurry. Consider myself scolded