There are several aspects to managing favorites. You can create one and edit an existing one, as well as organize favorites into familiar categories, export them so that you can access the favorites on a new computer, delete them, and more.
How to Create Favorites in Internet Explorer
Building a catalog of your favorite sites is the foundation of any bookmarking tool, including your browser’s. Adding IE favorites is easy to do and will become even easier once you get used to it.
An Alternative Method
Another way to save a favorite is with the Favorites Bar. If it’s enabled (see below to learn how to turn it on), just select the icon to the left of the toolbar to instantly save it to the Favorites Bar.
Where to Find Favorites in Internet Explorer
Making new favorites can be fun if it’s your first time getting into it, but it’s not so great if you can’t find them! It can be easy to think that a favorite has been deleted or that you’ve lost one, but it’s most likely just been misplaced. This might happen if you forget which folder you placed it in or if you’re just not sure where Internet Explorer favorites are stored. All of them are accessible from the star icon in the top right corner of the program. Select the star and then open the Favorites tab to see all the folders—such as Favorites Bar—and individual favorites that have been added to Internet Explorer. Now that you can see the favorites, you just need to select one to open it. Immediately, the favorites menu will disappear and you’ll see the web page load. The Favorites Bar is another way to find favorites in Internet Explorer. This method might be preferred if you like to have instant access to your most-visited sites at the top of the browser, without needing to use the star icon. To enable the Favorites Bar if you don’t already see it, hit the Alt key on your keyboard and then go to View > Toolbars > Favorites bar. A new toolbar will appear below your open tabs that includes any favorites saved to the Favorites Bar folder.
How to Organize Favorites Into Folders
Organizing your IE bookmarks is easy and makes finding them later a breeze. You can put similar favorites into the same folder, make one just for work stuff and another for online games, etc. How you organize your favorites is up to you. One way is from the Favorites Bar. Just click and drag any bookmark along the toolbar to reorder them. Another method is through the favorites button (the star at the top right):
Editing Favorites in Internet Explorer
Another part of organizing your Internet Explorer favorites is editing them. You can edit any favorite so that it shows up in your list of bookmarks as a different name or so that when you click it, it goes somewhere else. If you haven’t created the favorite yet, you can still make the folder now; just add the favorite later and then put it into this folder. Another way to move favorites is to click and drag into folders from inside the Organize Favorites window. You can move folders into other folders, too, either by dragging them or using the Move button. Just right-click the favorite and go to Properties. You’ll see the bookmark’s URL in the Web Document tab; change it if you need to. In the General tab is how you can rename Internet Explorer favorites.
How to Delete Favorites in Internet Explorer
You’ll sometimes come across a favorite that you have no use for and can’t really figure out why you added it in the first place. Or, maybe you saved by accident, or it’s a duplicate favorite or one that leads to a broken page or website that’s no longer active. Regardless of why you want the bookmark deleted, removing favorites from Internet Explorer is easy, and there are several ways to do it:
Right-click the bookmark from the Favorites Bar and select Delete.Locate the bookmark in the Organize Favorites window and right-click it to find the Delete option.Press the star icon once from the top right side of Internet Explorer, right-click the favorite, and choose Delete.Open the C:\Users[username]\Favorites folder and delete all the Internet Explorer favorites at once or individually.
How to Export Internet Explorer Favorites
Exporting bookmarks means to save the list to a file as a backup. Once the favorites are backed up, you can copy them to a new computer and use the favorites there, too. It can be anywhere you like—you can even leave the default location selected—and named whatever makes sense to you, just remember what you choose so that you know where to look when it comes time to using the backup.
