Delete all Bookmarks / Favorites from Safari

Solution 1:

For those who've been in Apple's ecosystem for a while, this would be straight-forward. But since I come from Windows / Linux background, I'm not-so-familiar with the quick and (subjectively) intuitive shortcuts found here-and-there across macOS.

It's quite easy:

• Click on Bookmarks menu > Edit Bookmarks
• Here you get list of all your bookmarks and favorites (Tip: If you've imported your bookmarks from Chrome, all those that come from Bookmarks Bar of Chrome are listed under Favorites)
• Click on the first bookmark (after favorites section), and hold down Delete key till all bookmarks get deleted
• Repeat this for Favorites

Solution 2:

You can delete the file by using the terminal:

$ rm ~/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist

Or by the finder by going to the following path (Cmd-Shift-G):

~/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist

Solution 3:

How to delete ALL bookmarks at once:

Go to Bookmarks->Edit Bookmarks. If you try selecting all, they all become selected, but if you right-click, they deselect.

Here's the solution:

1. create a folder called 'toss'.
2. select all the bookmarks and folders ACCEPT 'toss'.
3. drag all items into 'toss'.
4. right click on 'toss' and choose 'delete'.
5. say, "hey, thanks JR. That was too easy".