Add, Edit, and Manage Bookmarks in Safari on Mac

Saving a page in Safari takes a second. Finding it again a week later is where bookmarks get confusing, because Favorites and your own folders both live in the sidebar.

The Bookmarks menu and the sidebar handle all of it: save a page, rename it, fix a broken address, drag it into a folder, delete what you no longer need. Then check what iCloud copied to your other Apple devices.

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Save a Page as a Bookmark in Safari on Mac

You keep opening the same site every morning, and typing the address is getting old. Save it once in Safari and it sits one click away. New bookmarks go to Favorites by default, though you can pick a different folder while saving.

1. Open the webpage you want to keep in Safari on your Mac.
2. Click Bookmarks in the macOS menu bar.
3. Select Add Bookmark.
4. Review the bookmark name and destination in the popover.
5. Click Add.

For a quicker route, press ⌘ + D. The keystroke shortcut guide lists other Safari keyboard shortcuts.

TIP: Both routes open the same popover, so you can still name the bookmark and choose a folder before saving.

You’ll know it worked when the saved name appears under Favorites in the sidebar and opens the page you meant.

Show and Open Your Safari Bookmarks

A saved page seems to have vanished. Nothing is gone: every Safari bookmark on your Mac lives in the sidebar, and the Bookmarks menu is the door to it.

1. Click Bookmarks in the macOS menu bar.
2. Select Show Bookmarks.
3. Click Favorites for the top shortcuts, or open a folder below it.
4. Click a saved page to open it in the current tab.

The sidebar button toggles the same panel open and closed when the menu feels slow.

Do not confuse the sidebar with the Favorites bar. The bar shows only sites saved as Favorites. Your folders live in the sidebar.

Edit a Bookmark Name or Address

A site changes its title, or moves a page to a new URL, and the old bookmark starts looking wrong. Fix the entry instead of saving a duplicate.

1. Click Bookmarks in the macOS menu bar.
2. Select Edit Bookmarks.
3. Find the entry in the Bookmarks Editor.
4. Control-click the bookmark and choose Rename or Edit Address.
5. Type the corrected value and press Return.

You’ll know it worked when the new label shows in the sidebar and the link still opens the right page. Control-click a bookmark in the sidebar for the same Rename and Edit Address commands.

Move Bookmarks Into Folders

Loose bookmarks get hard to scan fast. Folders keep work links, reference pages, and weekend reading apart, and dragging does most of the work.

1. Click Bookmarks in the macOS menu bar.
2. Select Show Bookmarks.
3. Click More at the top of the sidebar.
4. Choose Show Folders on Top if it is not already selected.
5. Drag the bookmark onto the folder where you want it.

Open the destination folder to confirm the move. The bookmark should no longer sit at the top level of the list.

Delete a Saved Bookmark

A page is gone, retired, or just not worth keeping. Remove the entry and the rest of the list gets easier to read. The website itself is untouched.

1. Click Bookmarks in the macOS menu bar.
2. Select Edit Bookmarks.
3. Control-click the bookmark you want to remove.
4. Choose Delete from the context menu.
5. Click Delete in the confirmation, if prompted.

The bookmark disappears from both the Bookmarks Editor and the sidebar. With iCloud sync on, the deletion reaches your other signed-in Apple devices after they sync.

Sync Safari Bookmarks with iCloud

You saved a page on the Mac and expect to find it on the iPhone later. That works when both devices use the same Apple Account and iCloud for Safari is switched on.

Additions, renames, address edits, moves, and deletions all copy across. Give it a minute or two.

If a bookmark is missing on another device, check Favorites and every folder in the sidebar first, then confirm both devices use the same Apple Account. Allow a short time for the iCloud update to finish.

Bookmarks are not the only Safari data tied to that account. Passwords saved in Safari on Mac need the same occasional cleanup.

Touch devices use a different set of menus. The guide below covers the same steps on iPhone and iPad.

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