How can I delete all bookmarks in Safari at once?

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How can I delete all bookmarks in Safari at once?

Deleting them one-by-one would be really exhausting, a week's job, so please tell me if there is another way to delete them all at once.

MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015), macOS Sierra (10.12.6)

Posted on Sep 5, 2017 11:43 AM

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Eric Root

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Sep 5, 2017 8:47 PM in response to ispalu

Try Safari/Bookmarks/Edit Bookmarks - click the top bookmark/folder and while holding down the shift key, click the last bookmark/folder. Hit the delete key.

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Dec 13, 2017 1:19 AM in response to Eric Root

Hi there - I have just upgraded to Mac OS High Sierra and would like to start using Safari again. When I tried to get rid of all the existing bookmarks in Safari to replace them with my Firefox bookmarks, I tried your suggestion above and it didn't work... Furthermore the Delete option in the Edit menu is greyed out... Has this option been removed with the upgrade to High Sierra? Thanks for your help!

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ispalu Author

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Sep 5, 2017 8:48 PM in response to Eric Root

Amazing, thank you!!!

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Dec 13, 2017 8:03 AM in response to Eric Root

Hi Eric - thanks for responding (though it is somewhat disconcerting to have the same information repeated when I explained that I had tried this and it had failed...!).

Nevertheless, it worked in the end so thank you!

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Eric Root

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Sep 6, 2017 5:46 AM in response to ispalu

You are welcome.

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Eric Root

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Dec 13, 2017 7:31 AM in response to pjbfeuilla

Try going to Safari/Bookmarks/Edit Bookmarks, then use the click the top bookmark/folder and while holding down the shift key, click the last bookmark/folder. Hit the delete key.

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