Manage bookmarks

For administrators who manage Chrome browser or ChromeOS devices for a business or school.

As an admin, you can create and organize managed bookmarks to give users quick access to web resources when they're signed in to Chrome. The webpages that you add appear in a folder on their bookmarks bar.

Note: You can add managed bookmarks up to a maximum size of 500KB.

Add or edit bookmarks

Add a bookmark

1. Sign in with an administrator account to the Google Admin console.

   If you aren’t using an administrator account, you can’t access the Admin console.

2. Go to  Menu  Devices > Chrome > Settings. The User & browser settings page opens by default.

   Requires having the Mobile Device Management administrator privilege.

   If you signed up for Chrome Enterprise Core, go to Menu  Chrome browser > Settings.

3. To apply the setting to all users and enrolled browsers, leave the top organizational unit selected. Otherwise, select a child organizational unit.
4. Go to User Experience.
5. Click Managed bookmarks.
6. Find the folder to which you want to add the bookmark. You might need to click expand  to show nested folders.
7. On the right, click Add Bookmark .
8. Enter the Bookmark name and Bookmark URL.
9. Click Add.
10. Click Save. Or, you might click Override for an organizational unit.

    To later restore the inherited value, click Inherit. 

Edit bookmark details

1. Sign in with an administrator account to the Google Admin console.

   If you aren’t using an administrator account, you can’t access the Admin console.

2. Go to  Menu  Devices > Chrome > Settings. The User & browser settings page opens by default.

   Requires having the Mobile Device Management administrator privilege.

   If you signed up for Chrome Enterprise Core, go to Menu  Chrome browser > Settings.

3. To apply the setting to all users and enrolled browsers, leave the top organizational unit selected. Otherwise, select a child organizational unit.
4. Go to User experience.
5. Click Managed bookmarks.
6. Find the bookmark that you want to edit. You might need to click expand to show nested folders.
7. On the right, click More Edit .
8. Change the Bookmark name or Bookmark URL.
9. Click Save.
10. At the bottom, click Save.

Organize your bookmarks

Add a folder

You can organize bookmarks in folders up to 7 layers deep.

1. Sign in with an administrator account to the Google Admin console.

   If you aren’t using an administrator account, you can’t access the Admin console.

2. Go to  Menu  Devices > Chrome > Settings. The User & browser settings page opens by default.

   Requires having the Mobile Device Management administrator privilege.

   If you signed up for Chrome Enterprise Core, go to Menu  Chrome browser > Settings.

3. To apply the setting to all users and enrolled browsers, leave the top organizational unit selected. Otherwise, select a child organizational unit.
4. Go to User experience.
5. Click Managed bookmarks.
6. Find the folder to which you want to add the new folder. You might need to click expand  to show nested folders.
7. On the right, click Add Folder .
8. Enter the Folder name.
9. Click Add.
10. Click Save. Or, you might click Override for an organizational unit.

    To later restore the inherited value, click Inherit. 

Rename a folder

1. Sign in with an administrator account to the Google Admin console.

   If you aren’t using an administrator account, you can’t access the Admin console.

2. Go to  Menu  Devices > Chrome > Settings. The User & browser settings page opens by default.

   Requires having the Mobile Device Management administrator privilege.

   If you signed up for Chrome Enterprise Core, go to Menu  Chrome browser > Settings.

3. To apply the setting to all users and enrolled browsers, leave the top organizational unit selected. Otherwise, select a child organizational unit.
4. Go to User experience.
5. Click Managed bookmarks.
6. Find the folder that you want to rename. You might need to click expand  to show nested folders.
7. On the right, click More Edit .
8. Change the Folder name.
9. Click Save.
10. At the bottom, click Save.

Reorder or move bookmarks and folders

Reorder bookmarks and folders

You can reorder folders and bookmarks to change the order in which they appear.

1. Sign in with an administrator account to the Google Admin console.

   If you aren’t using an administrator account, you can’t access the Admin console.

2. Go to  Menu  Devices > Chrome > Settings. The User & browser settings page opens by default.

   Requires having the Mobile Device Management administrator privilege.

   If you signed up for Chrome Enterprise Core, go to Menu  Chrome browser > Settings.

3. To apply the setting to all users and enrolled browsers, leave the top organizational unit selected. Otherwise, select a child organizational unit.
4. Go to User experience.
5. Click Managed bookmarks.
6. Find the bookmarks and folders that you want to reorder. You might need to click expand  to show nested folders.
7. Use the arrow buttons to reorder items.
   • Reorder a single item—On the right, click More Move up  or Move down .
   • Reorder multiple items—Select the bookmarks and folders you want to reorder. Then, at the top, click Move up  or Move down .
8. Click Save.

Move bookmarks or folders

1. Sign in with an administrator account to the Google Admin console.

   If you aren’t using an administrator account, you can’t access the Admin console.

2. Go to  Menu  Devices > Chrome > Settings. The User & browser settings page opens by default.

   Requires having the Mobile Device Management administrator privilege.

   If you signed up for Chrome Enterprise Core, go to Menu  Chrome browser > Settings.

3. To apply the setting to all users and enrolled browsers, leave the top organizational unit selected. Otherwise, select a child organizational unit.
4. Go to User experience.
5. Click Managed bookmarks.
6. Find the bookmarks and folders that you want to move. You might need to click expand  to show nested folders.
7. Move items:
   • Move a single item—On the right, click More Move to .
   • Move multiple items—Select the bookmarks and folders you want to reorder. Then, at the top, click Move to .
8. Choose the folder you want to move items to.
9. Click Move.
10. Click Save. Or, you might click Override for an organizational unit.

    To later restore the inherited value, click Inherit. 

Delete bookmarks and folders

You can delete a single bookmark or several bookmarks at once. After you delete a bookmark, you can’t get it back.

Deleting a folder deletes all of the bookmarks in it and you won’t be able to get them back.

1. Sign in with an administrator account to the Google Admin console.

   If you aren’t using an administrator account, you can’t access the Admin console.

2. Go to  Menu  Devices > Chrome > Settings. The User & browser settings page opens by default.

   Requires having the Mobile Device Management administrator privilege.

   If you signed up for Chrome Enterprise Core, go to Menu  Chrome browser > Settings.

3. To apply the setting to all users and enrolled browsers, leave the top organizational unit selected. Otherwise, select a child organizational unit.
4. Go to User experience.
5. Click Managed bookmarks.
6. Find the bookmarks and folders that you want to delete. You might need to click expand  to show nested folders.
7. Delete items:
   • Delete a single item—On the right, click More Delete.
   • Delete multiple items—Select the bookmarks and folders you want to delete. Then, at the top, click Delete.
8. Click Save. Or, you might click Override for an organizational unit.

   To later restore the inherited value, click Inherit.