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Resolved Deleted favorite bookmark in folder

Discussion in 'Windows 11' started by Vicki, 2025/11/23.

  1. 2025/11/23
    Vicki

    Vicki Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Not even sure I can explain what I did, but hopefully someone can assist me to undo my mistake!
    While going through my bookmarks/favorites folders I found several bookmarks in a folder that I had already saved, so I thought I would delete it in that folder. But when doing that it also removed it from my saved bookmarks!
    I've tried researching on how to try & recover that folder/bookmark, but I'm not very computer savvy so it all sounds so complicated. I had hoped it would just be in my recycle bin, but not so lucky.
    I use Win11 with the Edge browser and these bookmarks were imported from Firefox eons ago (I do not have Firefox installed on the laptop)
    Am I out of luck? I would have just recreated that folder again, but there were so many bookmarks in there I can't remember them all.

    **Just realized I maybe should have posted this in a different category (Internet Explorer & Microsoft Edge), but don't know how to move it
     
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    retiredlearner

    retiredlearner SuperGeek WindowsBBS Team Member

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    Hi Vicki, I just did a Google using this question:
    how to recover Bookmarks/Favourites Folder accidental Delete in Edge W11.

    There is a heap of ways to do it so I help you find something simple to Restore your Folder.
    P.S. I don't use Edge so please forgive a Dedicated Firefox user.
     
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  4. 2025/11/30 at 22:50
    retiredlearner

    retiredlearner SuperGeek WindowsBBS Team Member

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    Any luck Vicki with your recovery?
     
  5. 2025/12/02 at 16:39
    Vicki

    Vicki Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Sorry for not replying sooner & I appreciate you following up on my dilemma.
    Still working on it!lol But I think I may have found out how to recover it (accidentally?) . I have 'imported' my favorites to Edge using my google account! Have no idea how they got there as I have never used google chrome! I've also discovered that many of the bookmarks in that folder were outdated (i.e no longer valid) so am currently in the process of eliminating those. I never realized I had so many bookmarks saved, so the process is slow but I'm getting there!
    Think I learned a valuable lesson here-use extra caution when deleting! Marking this as solved!
     
  6. 2025/12/02 at 21:37
    retiredlearner

    retiredlearner SuperGeek WindowsBBS Team Member

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    Great to know you've got onto a fix.Good Luck.;)
     

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