How to Organize Favorites in Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge keeps your organizing tools on one screen: the favorites page. Open it with Ctrl+Shift+O, and you can create folders, move favorites into them, and sort a folder alphabetically in a few clicks. Everything below happens on that page.

Open the favorites page

There are two quick ways to get there:

1. Click Settings and more (the three dots, top right), choose Favorites, then the More options menu in the favorites pane, and select Open favorites page.
2. Or press Ctrl+Shift+O to open your favorites directly.

The page lists your folders on the left and the contents on the right, much like a file manager. This is where every step below takes place.

Create folders for the categories you use

Folders turn a long flat list into something you can scan. On the favorites page, click Add folder (or right-click an empty area and choose Add folder), then give it a clear name. Aim for a small set of broad categories rather than many narrow ones.

A reliable starting set:

• Work for job and project links
• Reference for documentation and guides
• Reading for articles saved for later
• Shopping for stores and wish lists

You can nest a subfolder later if one category outgrows a single list.

Move favorites into folders

With folders ready, sort your loose favorites into them:

1. On the favorites page, find the favorite you want to move.
2. Click it to select it. Hold Ctrl and click others to select several at once.
3. Drag the selection onto the destination folder.

If dragging across a long list is fiddly, right-click the selection, choose Cut, open the destination folder, then right-click and choose Paste. Cut and paste avoids the slips that come with dragging down a tall list.

Sort a folder by name

Once a folder fills up, alphabetical order makes it easy to scan. Right-click the folder and choose Sort by name. Edge reorders the items inside A to Z. Repeat for each folder, and for the top level, so the whole collection follows the same predictable order.

Tidy the favorites bar

The favorites bar sits under the address bar and gives one-click access, so keep only frequent links there. To show it, click Settings and more, choose Favorites, then Show favorites bar and pick Always. Drag rarely used items off the bar into a folder, and shorten long names: right-click a favorite, choose Rename, and trim the title so more links fit across the bar.

Remove duplicates as you go

Reorganizing is the right moment to clear clutter. Edge does not flag duplicate favorites automatically, so after you sort a folder by name, look for entries that point to the same page and delete the extras. Check the full address before deleting, because two favorites can share a title yet lead to different pages.

Carrying your favorites into Chrome

If your tidy Edge favorites are bound for Chrome, export them first. On the favorites page, click the three-dot More options menu, choose Export favorites, and save the HTML file. From there, importing that HTML file into Chrome keeps the folder structure you just built, and the habits transfer with it. For a large or messy collection, TrueBookmark can surface duplicates across the whole library and keep a backup before sweeping changes, so a major cleanup stays reversible if you change your mind.