Bookmarks Bar Switcher

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Switch the bookmarks bar easily

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Description from store Bookmarks Bar Switcher lets you easily and quickly switch between multiple bookmarks bars. How to use: To start, name your current book bar. To create a bookmarks bar that you can switch to, create a folder within Other Bookmarks. How it works: When switching, your current bookmarks bar will be backed up to a folder within Other Bookmarks with the name you initially specified. And the folder you selected will become the new bookmarks bar. So any changes you made on your bookmarks bar will stay when you switch back. Known issues: It doesn't work well across multiple devices. Reports of bookmarks mixed up have been received. It's probably something to do with the chrome bookmark sync functionality. It's very likely to happen when you switch the bookmarks bar while chrome is syncing the bookmarks. At the moment, there isn't a good way to fix the issue. Because chrome doesn't provide APIs to tell when the sync starts or ends. But one way to potentially avoid the problem is when you switch device, don't immediately switch the bookmarks bar. Give it sometime (2-3 mins) to finish the sync and then switch.

Latest reviews

(2025-02-06) Shoppy Games: This was the best... I hope it gets updated soon.
(2024-08-27) George Lightbody: Outstanding product. Till it stopped working the other day. Happy to pay something to the developer to update.
(2024-08-26) Gorgo Tz: Same as the review below, been using this for years but doesn't work anymore. Simple yet excellent extension; I hope the developer can get it working again.
(2024-08-23) Ad Morris: Worked great for me for years and now broken "because it doesn't follow best practices for Chrome extensions". Hopefully the developer can address the issue and release an update.
(2024-04-09) ofir: doesnt work for me now...
(2024-03-26) Laurie Innocent: Can I get some assistance with this, please? Every time I try to create a folder within 'Other Bookmarks' it does not show on Switcher. It worked perfectly on my home computer but not my work computer. My sync is turned on, so it should work....it is screwing up work organization for me...
(2024-02-10) Damien Graham: Please add an option to hide / show the bookmarks bar. Currently I use shortcut ctrl+shift+b to show/hide the bar. I think an option in the drop down for show / hide would be nice to save using the shortcut. PS ....Great tool
(2023-08-01) Damian S: I installed this on my work PC, but it didn't work. It won't list the folders in my 'Other bookmarks'. However, when I log into my home PC it's there and working! I've tried everything, reinstall, disable all other ext, delete/create new folders, restart.... I just can't get it to work on the one PC I want it to work on. Update: Resolved. I deleted my bookmarks file on my work PC and copied over my home PC bookmarks file. All working great now! C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Bookmarks
(2023-08-01) Damian S: I installed this on my work PC, but it didn't work. It won't list the folders in my 'Other bookmarks'. However, when I log into my home PC it's there and working! I've tried everything, reinstall, disable all other ext, delete/create new folders, restart.... I just can't get it to work on the one PC I want it to work on. Update: Resolved. I deleted my bookmarks file on my work PC and copied over my home PC bookmarks file. All working great now! C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Bookmarks
(2023-07-16) DoYouWantaHug: 20000+ users, 4 stars average by 154 votes, but only 2 written feedbacks. Weird. --------- The extension is a game changer. It's like living 20 yrs in the dark and than .. light^^ This supports a new kind of working and collecting bookmarks. Will promote this extension/add-on. If you implement a donation-button one day, I would buy you a shirt. Thank you.
(2023-07-16) DoYouWantaHug: 20000+ users, 4 stars average by 154 votes, but only 2 written feedbacks. Weird. --------- The extension is a game changer. It's like living 20 yrs in the dark and than .. light^^ This supports a new kind of working and collecting bookmarks. Will promote this extension/add-on. If you implement a donation-button one day, I would buy you a shirt. Thank you.
(2023-05-14) Victor Davich: A POS from POSville
(2023-04-28) Tyson Brooks: I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this plugin! I can't use my browser with out it! Wish list: Wish that the menu would have an option to stay in alphabetical order.
(2023-04-28) Tyson Brooks: I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this plugin! I can't use my browser with out it! Wish list: Wish that the menu would have an option to stay in alphabetical order.
(2023-04-10) François-Xavier HUBERVIC: ne fonctionne pas
(2023-03-30) Cesar Nunes: Very useful!
(2023-03-30) Cesar Nunes: Very useful!
(2023-03-18) Timo König: I set up my first Bookmarkbar and created a folder in "Other Bookmarks" but I dont see them in the list to switch to the other bar. So it's only working for Chrome and not for Opera.
(2023-03-18) Timo König: I set up my first Bookmarkbar and created a folder in "Other Bookmarks" but I dont see them in the list to switch to the other bar. So it's only working for Chrome and not for Opera.
(2023-03-14) ERIK GUBA: Nem működik!!!
(2023-03-10) Paul Elia: Life Changing! I am so much more productive with this extension. I have bookmarks bars for all kinds of topics which allows me to focus on one topic at a time and minimize distractions. Minus one star for not restoring the underlying bookmark folder to its original position upon use. As-is the Most Recently Used (MRU) folder goes to the bottom of your "Other bookmarks". I would prefer it to go back to the relative position where it was initially. How to implement? I'm sure that it can be done. 😊
(2023-03-10) Paul Elia: Life Changing! I am so much more productive with this extension. I have bookmarks bars for all kinds of topics which allows me to focus on one topic at a time and minimize distractions. Minus one star for not restoring the underlying bookmark folder to its original position upon use. As-is the Most Recently Used (MRU) folder goes to the bottom of your "Other bookmarks". I would prefer it to go back to the relative position where it was initially. How to implement? I'm sure that it can be done. 😊
(2023-02-21) Igor Farago: I love it! Some extensions deserve to be a built-in feature, and this is one of them. I there was an option to assign a shortcut key combo to switch between bookmark profiles, it would be a 6 star extension 🙂 Thanks
(2023-02-21) Igor Farago: I love it! Some extensions deserve to be a built-in feature, and this is one of them. I there was an option to assign a shortcut key combo to switch between bookmark profiles, it would be a 6 star extension 🙂 Thanks
(2022-12-20) Ralph Newvillamor: I use this daily to switch between 'work' and 'personal' bookmarks and it works quite well. Only issue is that the labels for each bookmark set constantly keep switching, so I have to constantly switch them back.
(2022-12-20) Ralph Newvillamor: I use this daily to switch between 'work' and 'personal' bookmarks and it works quite well. Only issue is that the labels for each bookmark set constantly keep switching, so I have to constantly switch them back.
(2022-12-13) Pat MySecret: Fantastic! Like a Session Manager that goes easier on the system because you don't have to open the tabs unless you want to. Thank you :-)
(2022-12-13) Pat MySecret: Fantastic! Like a Session Manager that goes easier on the system because you don't have to open the tabs unless you want to. Thank you :-)
(2022-12-05) Sebastian Gustavsson: Been using for 2 years and i love it!
(2022-12-05) Sebastian Gustavsson: Been using for 2 years and i love it!
(2022-12-02) josh wanner: Had some issues figuring this out, but it's awesome now. But I need help, is there an easy way to copy it over to a new browser? Looks like I need to add the bookmarks back - I think they're all there and ready to just add back.. I hope. Not sure how transferring my bookmarks to a new browser will work - chrome has not worked well for me for a specific website I need to use.
(2022-12-02) josh wanner: Had some issues figuring this out, but it's awesome now. But I need help, is there an easy way to copy it over to a new browser? Looks like I need to add the bookmarks back - I think they're all there and ready to just add back.. I hope. Not sure how transferring my bookmarks to a new browser will work - chrome has not worked well for me for a specific website I need to use.
(2022-11-25) Martijn Lambregts: Does not work. I can give it a name and than nothing....
(2022-11-25) Martijn Lambregts: Does not work. I can give it a name and than nothing....
(2022-11-17) Binit Rana: Destroyed all my bookmarks before I could even figure out how to use this.
(2022-11-17) Binit Rana: Destroyed all my bookmarks before I could even figure out how to use this.
(2022-11-16) Eric Tingley: I don't understand how this isn't the most popular extension, aside from an ad-blocker. This is a must-have, and I'm really confused why extensions that do this are not more popular, or why this functionality isn't built into the browser itself. Do people really not need this? How can you not want to switch between different sets of bookmarks for your bookmarks bar, depending on what you're doing? Sadly, with the upcoming changes to the chrome engine (and browsers like Edge that use it), extensions like uBlock Origin aren't going to work the same anymore (search for Manifest V3 if you haven't heard about this). That means Firefox will be the only viable option. Sadly, this extension does not exist for Firefox. To the author, please, please consider porting this to Firefox, and thanks for this amazing extension.
(2022-11-16) Eric Tingley: I don't understand how this isn't the most popular extension, aside from an ad-blocker. This is a must-have, and I'm really confused why extensions that do this are not more popular, or why this functionality isn't built into the browser itself. Do people really not need this? How can you not want to switch between different sets of bookmarks for your bookmarks bar, depending on what you're doing? Sadly, with the upcoming changes to the chrome engine (and browsers like Edge that use it), extensions like uBlock Origin aren't going to work the same anymore (search for Manifest V3 if you haven't heard about this). That means Firefox will be the only viable option. Sadly, this extension does not exist for Firefox. To the author, please, please consider porting this to Firefox, and thanks for this amazing extension.
(2022-10-12) Ben Anderson: Just barely installed and already certain it's going to change my life. Can now have a bar for work bookmarks and personal that are separate and easy to switch between. Not sure how this isn't default Chrome behavior but thanks for building this!
(2022-10-12) Ben Anderson: Just barely installed and already certain it's going to change my life. Can now have a bar for work bookmarks and personal that are separate and easy to switch between. Not sure how this isn't default Chrome behavior but thanks for building this!
(2022-09-30) Michael Martino: I'm a bit confused. I was able to name my current bookmarks bar and add a new one. That's great, but when I go to select the bookmarks, under the "Switch To" Drop down, it show a very long list of all my other bookmarked folders, that are not bookmarks bars. How can I get rid of those so they don't show in the extensions drop down?
(2022-09-30) Michael Martino: I'm a bit confused. I was able to name my current bookmarks bar and add a new one. That's great, but when I go to select the bookmarks, under the "Switch To" Drop down, it show a very long list of all my other bookmarked folders, that are not bookmarks bars. How can I get rid of those so they don't show in the extensions drop down?
(2022-08-19) DikkeFerrie: Exactly what I was looking for, works great!
(2022-08-19) DikkeFerrie: Exactly what I was looking for, works great!
(2022-07-28) Florian Koch: Perfect tool. Simple but very effective to organize different sets of bookmarks.
(2022-07-28) Florian Koch: Perfect tool. Simple but very effective to organize different sets of bookmarks.
(2022-07-13) Gijs Bolhuis: Works great! Would be nice if there would be a keyboard shortcut for switching between bars
(2022-07-13) Gijs Bolhuis: Works great! Would be nice if there would be a keyboard shortcut for switching between bars
(2022-07-11) Buck Dossey: Great for keeping work and personal separate.
(2022-07-11) Buck Dossey: Great for keeping work and personal separate.

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