BookmarkTrash User Manual

Installation

Visit the Chrome Web Store, Firefox Add-ons or Edge Add-ons
Click Add to browser and confirm the permissions
Pin the extension icon to your toolbar for quick access

How It Works

BookmarkTrash silently monitors your browser's bookmark deletion events in the background. Whenever you delete a bookmark or a bookmark folder, BookmarkTrash automatically intercepts and saves it to the trash — the entire process is seamless and requires no action from you.

Deleted bookmarks expire and are permanently removed after the configured retention period. You can restore any bookmark at any time before it expires.

Viewing Deleted Bookmarks

Click the BookmarkTrash icon in your toolbar to open the side panel and see the full list of deleted bookmarks. Each entry shows:

Site icon — Fetched automatically; a colored letter avatar is shown when unavailable
Folder indicator — Bookmarks that belonged to a deleted folder display a folder icon
Days remaining — Shown in red when ≤ 3 days, orange when ≤ 7 days; bookmarks set to unlimited retention show ∞
Summary line — Displays the total count and the number of bookmarks expiring soon

Search and Sort

Type a keyword in the search box to filter bookmarks by title or domain in real time
Click Title or Days Left in the list header to sort; click again to reverse the order, and a third time to clear the sort

Restoring Bookmarks

Single restore — Hover over a bookmark row and click the restore button

Bulk restore — Select multiple bookmarks, then click the restore icon in the list header

When restoring, if the bookmark's original parent folder still exists, the bookmark is restored to its original location. If the original folder no longer exists, the bookmark is placed in a recovery folder in the bookmarks bar (default name: "Recovered By BookmarkTrash").

Folder Restore

When restoring a bookmark that belonged to a deleted folder, the behavior depends on your settings:

Bookmark only — Restores only the individual bookmark, without recreating the folder structure
Whole folder (Pro) — Recursively restores the complete folder structure along with all bookmarks inside
Ask every time (Pro) — Displays a dialog so you can choose whether to restore just the bookmark or the entire folder

Permanent Deletion

Single delete — Hover over a bookmark row and click the clear button

Bulk delete — Select multiple bookmarks, then click the clear icon in the list header

Permanently deleted bookmarks cannot be recovered.

Settings

General

Language — Follow System / English / 简体中文 / 日本語
Theme — Follow System / Light / Dark

Features

Retention days — Choose from 3, 7, 14, 30, 60, or 90 days, or Unlimited (90 days and Unlimited are Pro features). Expiry is calculated from the deletion time based on the retention period set at that moment.
Click behavior — Open in the current window or in a new window
Orphan bookmark folder — Customize where bookmarks go when their original folder no longer exists
Folder restore mode — Bookmark only / Whole folder (Pro) / Ask (Pro)

Automatic Cleanup

BookmarkTrash automatically checks for and removes expired bookmarks every day — no manual action required.

FAQ

A deleted bookmark did not appear in the trash

Make sure the BookmarkTrash extension is enabled
Try closing and reopening the side panel

A restored bookmark did not appear in its original location

If the original parent folder was deleted, the bookmark is placed in the recovery folder instead
Check your bookmarks bar for a folder named "Recovered By BookmarkTrash"