Bookmarks

In summary, Obsidian's bookmark feature transforms productivity by allowing users to create and manage shortcuts to frequently accessed digital items seamlessly.

Headlines

• Enhanced Navigation with Bookmarks. Users can quickly access files, folders, graphs, and more by bookmarking them with ease.
• Organize with Bookmark Groups. Bookmark groups can be expanded or collapsed for an organized view, enabling better management of saved bookmarks.
• Dynamic Bookmarking System. Add, edit, and reorder bookmarks using intuitive drag-and-drop actions within the application.
• Multi-file Bookmarking at Once. Select multiple files and bookmark them together to save time when organizing resources.
• Direct Access via Bookmarks Tab. Clicking the Bookmarks icon in the sidebar opens access to all saved shortcuts for efficiency.

Things

• People: Obsidian users, Plugin developers
• Places: Bookmarks tab, File explorer, Command palette
• Numbers: Multiple files, Three dots icon
• Things: Bookmarks, Bookmark groups, Files, Folders, Graphs, Searches, Headings, Blocks, Links
• Concepts: Core plugins, Navigation efficiency, Organization, Customization, Shortcut creation

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Bookmarks is a core plugin that lets you quickly access items that you use often. A bookmark is a "shortcut" that immediately takes you the bookmarked item.

You can add bookmarks to the following:

Open a bookmark by selecting it in the Bookmarks tab.

You can reorder bookmarks by selecting and dragging them.

You can bookmark items and organize them into bookmark groups to find them easier. You can expand and collapse bookmark groups to show or hide the bookmarks in them.

Show bookmarks

You can find your bookmarked items by clicking Bookmarks in the left sidebar.

Or, open the Bookmarks tab by running Bookmarks: Show bookmarks from the Command palette.

Add a bookmark

Adding a bookmark opens the Add bookmark dialog where you can set an optional title and assign it to a bookmark group.

When you bookmark an item, Add bookmark becomes Edit bookmark and instead lets you edit the bookmark.

Bookmark a file

Bookmarks:

• Select Bookmark the active tab at the top of the Bookmarks tab.

File explorer:

• Right-click a file in File explorer and click Bookmark.

Command palette:

1. Press Ctrl+P (or Cmd+P on macOS) to open the Command palette.
2. Search for the Bookmark command.
3. Press Enter with the command selected to add a bookmark.

Bookmark a folder

File explorer:

• Right-click a folder in File explorer and click Bookmark.

Bookmark a search term

Search:

1. Enter a search term.
2. Under the search field, select the three dots icon next to the number of results.
3. Select Bookmark.

Bookmark a graph

To bookmark a graph, right-click the tab with the graph view and select Bookmark.

You can't bookmark local graphs.

Bookmark a heading

To bookmark a heading, right-click the heading and select Bookmark this heading.

Command palette:

4. Press Ctrl+P (or Cmd+P on macOS) to open the Command palette.
5. Select the Bookmark heading under cursor command.

Bookmark a block

Command palette:

6. Press Ctrl+P (or Cmd+P on macOS) to open the Command palette.
7. Select the Bookmark block under cursor command.

Bookmark a link

8. Enable Web viewer in Core plugins. 9. Open Web viewer and navigate to the link you wish to bookmark. 10. In the address bar, select the three dots icon next to the reader icon. 11. Select Bookmark.

Command palette:

12. Press Ctrl+P (or Cmd+P on macOS) within the Web viewer pane to open the Command palette.
13. Select the Bookmark command.

Remove a bookmark

In the Bookmarks tab, right-click the bookmark and select Remove.

You can also remove a bookmark from the Edit bookmark dialog.

Add a bookmark group

Bookmarks:

• Select New bookmark group at the top of the Bookmarks tab.

To move a bookmark to another group, select and drag it to the group you want to move it to.

Remove a bookmark group

To remove a bookmark group and all bookmarks in it, right-click the bookmark group and select Remove.

Bookmark multiple files

You can add multiple bookmarks at the same time.

File explorer:

1. Select multiple files by pressing Alt and selecting each file, or press Shift to select a range of files.
2. Right-click one of the selected files and then select Bookmark.

Tab group options:

1. In the upper-right corner of a tab group, select the down arrow.
2. Select Bookmark 3 tabs, where 3 is the number of tabs in the tab group.