Solved How do I delete ALL Favorites in Internet Explorer 9

[juanantoniod]

Hello,

I have searched in vain for a way to delete all of my Favorites from IE9.

Can someone please tell me?

Thanks!

 

[Petey7]

Go to My Computer > C > Users > [your username] > Favorites. Click any file or folder in the favorites folder, press CTRL+A, and then press the delete key. Make sure to empty your Recycle Bin.

 

[xxxdannyxxx]

Hello juanantoniod

If I understand you correctly just delete them from your favourites folder in your user account.(C:/Users/Username/Favourites)

Danny

 

[juanantoniod]

Thanks very much for this useful information! I could not find the Favorites folder in my laptop, so I resorted to deleting them manually. It wasn't that bad, using keyboard shortcuts.

 

[A Guy]

Hello juanantoniod

If I understand you correctly just delete them from your favourites folder in your user account.(C:/Users/Username/Favourites)

Danny

Danny, he'd have never found them in the U.S.

A Guy

 

[5Clint7]

I delete the favorites, but it keeps comming back. How can I stop this?

Thanks Clint

 

[A Guy]

It? A specific favorite? In IE? More info please

A Guy

 

[5Clint7]

Sorry Guy. I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit IE 9. When in the menu bar I click on Favorites in the drop down at the bottom is Favorites Bar. It is empty. I want to delete this. It will delete but when I restart IE it is back again.

 

[A Guy]

If you mean the favorites bar in the browser, right click the toolbar area at the top of IE, and untick Favorites bar.



This will turn off the favorites bar of course. If I am wrong, can you post a screenshot?

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html

A Guy

 

[5Clint7]

Thanks Guy. I have unticked the Favorites Bar in the tool bar. At the bottom is what I am referring to. Hope the pic works.

http://www.sevenforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=218976&stc=1&d=1341057596

 

[A Guy]

This also happened with IE8 I remember. Sometimes a reinstall would fix it, sometimes not. If you don't have your system set to show hidden folders, you could just set the folders attributes to hidden.

Right click the folder> Properties> General tab> Check the hidden box under attributes

Right click the folder again> Rename> Rename to anything else

A Guy

 

[5Clint7]

This also happened with IE8 I remember. Sometimes a reinstall would fix it, sometimes not. If you don't have your system set to show hidden folders, you could just set the folders attributes to hidden.

Right click the folder> Properties> General tab> Check the hidden box under attributes

Right click the folder again> Rename> Rename to anything else

A Guy

This worked so far. It's not there under Favorites. I guess it's still there, I just can't see it. It still shows in Explorer. I renamed it "Not Favorites". Just as an experiment I added a link to the Favorites Bar. It shows in "Not Favorites" in Explore, but not in IE. Thanks Guy.

Clint

 

[A Guy]

Yeah, an imperfect workaround, but if it serves the purpose You're welcome. A Guy