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Bookmarks cleanup

Drop in a browser bookmarks export, prune, export back.

How this works

  1. Export from your browser. See "How do I export my bookmarks?" below if you're not sure where the option lives.
  2. Drop the file in below. It's parsed in your browser — nothing's sent anywhere yet.
  3. Filter, search, and prune. Narrow by folder, age, or title. Tick rows and delete in bulk. Undo covers your last 20 deletions.
  4. Check links (optional). The server pings every URL and flags dead ones so you can bulk-drop them in one click.
  5. Export bookmarks HTML. Download the cleaned file and re-import it in your browser's bookmark manager.

Edits live in this tab until you export. A refresh wipes them.

Safari exports carry no dates, so for those files the cleanup path is link-check plus manual review, not age filtering.

About the link check

Browsers can't reach most third-party sites directly because of CORS, so the check runs on the server. Only the URLs are sent — never titles, folder names, or anything else.

  • Alive — anything responsive, including 403 and 5xx (often bot blocking, not a real death).
  • Dead — HTTP 404 or 410, DNS failure, or connection refused. Safe to bulk-drop.
  • Error — timeouts or SSL oddities. Flagged in yellow, never bulk-deleted — you review these manually.
  • Skipped — links with a scheme the check can't probe (feed://, javascript:, etc.). Never bulk-deleted; review manually.
How do I export my bookmarks?
  • Chrome / Edge / Brave / Opera / Vivaldi / Arc: ⋮ menu → Bookmarks → Bookmark Manager → ⋮ → Export bookmarks
  • Firefox: Library → Bookmarks → Manage Bookmarks → Import and Backup → Export Bookmarks to HTML
  • DuckDuckGo: Settings → Sync & Backup → Export bookmarks
  • Safari: File → Export Browsing Data to File
How do I clear existing bookmarks before re-import?

Importing the cleaned HTML adds bookmarks alongside what's already in your browser — so without clearing first, every bookmark you didn't delete here will be duplicated. Keep the export file you just downloaded as your backup, then:

  • Chrome / Edge / Brave / Opera / Vivaldi / Arc: Bookmark Manager (Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + O) → click "Bookmarks bar" in the sidebar → Cmd/Ctrl + A → Delete. Repeat for "Other bookmarks" and "Mobile bookmarks".
  • Firefox: Manage Bookmarks (Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + O) → click "Bookmarks Toolbar", "Bookmarks Menu", or "Other Bookmarks" → Cmd/Ctrl + A → Delete. Repeat for each section.
  • DuckDuckGo: Settings → Bookmarks → delete folders or bookmarks individually (no select-all).
  • Safari: Bookmarks sidebar (Cmd + Option + B) → select all bookmarks in each folder → Delete, then re-import via File → Import Browsing Data from File or Folder. Safari's import merges into the existing Favorites bar rather than replacing it, so anything left in place will be duplicated.

Then re-import the cleaned HTML via the same Import menu in your browser's bookmark manager.

Drop your browser bookmarks export here

or click to choose a file

Works with exports from Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi, Arc, DuckDuckGo, and Safari (File > Export Browsing Data to File).