Windows 10: Add or Remove Microsoft Edge Favorites in Windows 10

Mike,

At the top of the tutorial on the first page in this thread. *Smile

 

Thank you Brink, again.
I copied the %LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\MicrosoftEdge\User\Default\Favorite s and then went to Ask me anything, it took me to the correct folder. I deleted them from that end and viola! Gone.
I explained my loss of cognitive function, so bare with me please, you said "At the top of the tutorial on the first page in this thread." So how do I find the first page of this thread? I went to quick links at the top of the page and clicked on "my threads" and it said I had none. So I was a bit lost, but thanks to the address you gave all is well. Sorry about your time spent taking care of me, but I know I wouldn't have got it done without your assistance.

 

You're most welcome Mike. It's never a bother. *Smile

 

Tutorial has been updated to add OPTION THREE and OPTION FOUR to remove all favorites using a BAT file. *Smile

 

On Insider build 10565, the .bat file to delete all Edge Favorites no longer works.

On this build, using Edge favorites has gone from bad to intolerable. I know have as many as three folders for each favorite folder imported from IE 11. Some folders show 0 items others 1 item and a third may show the bulk of what was originally in the IE 11 favorite folder.

One big mess.

 

Hello Reldel, *Smile



Please post back showing this folder location in File Explorer to see what the issue is with these multiple Favorites folder you are having.

Have you already tried manually deleting all these Favorites folders?

%LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\MicrosoftEdge\User\Default

 

Here is the path I found on my system running 10565

C:\Users\s*%n\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\MicrosoftEdge\User\Def ault\Favorites

 

Brink, Thanks for reply, here is a capture of the location on computer. If I open the favorites folder, there are no files inside and it appears to be empty. I have run the .bat file to delete all favorites in an effort to cure the multiple favorites folders showing within Edge. I changed the user account to an admin. account before running, as it is usually a standard account. Running the .bat file did not delete the favorites within Edge.

I am in the process of trying to delete the folders from within Edge. I have Favorites sync, now turned off, I believe it was on when 10565 was installed. I kind of several years ago when IE first began syncing between computers it also generated multiple folders before it all got straighten out.


Let me know if you have any further thoughts.

 

For further reference here is a sample of what the Edge Favorites look like within the browser

 

Yep, it no longer works as is. *Sad

I'm thinking it has something to do with this quote below from Microsoft for build 10565. I'll keep looking, but hopefully it'll be sorted in the next build.

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 10565

 

Thanks, for a bit I thought I was losing it. Well once I sort I this mess I can always try updating my Windows Phone to the new version, always a glutton for punishment. *Wink

 

I just updated to the new phone build last night, but I had to reset back to Phone 8.1 first, then update.

So far, it's a good stable build.

 

Good to know about your phone.

For the record, I manually deleted each Edge Favorite folder within the browser. Making sure I had sync set to off, I re-imported IE favorites and the result was as expected, the same as they exist within IE, happy camper. I suggest leaving sync of favorites off until the Edge Team gets it's act together.

 

Ok. Good. I thought that they were just being synced. Now to just find out where it keeps the synced favorites at.

 

OPTION THREE in this tutorial has been updated to now work again to be able to delete all Microsoft Edge favorites. *Smile