Delete Twitter/X Bookmarks and Keep the Ones You Need
Twitter/X only lets you remove bookmarks one at a time, or all of them at once. Redact takes the middle road. From the desktop app's Advanced mode, it removes bookmarks in bulk, and a date range and keyword filters make sure only the stuff you really want gone is removed.
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Plan
Bookmarks of posts under 30 days old are free
The free window goes by when the post was published, not when you bookmarked it, because that's the date X makes available. Bookmarks of older posts need Premium.
Why trim your bookmarks
Bookmarks work best when there aren't so many of them to sift through
X keeps your bookmarks visible to you alone, so the reasons to clear some out are practical ones.
Good saves sink out of reach
X lists bookmarks with the newest on top, so the thread you meant to reread slips a little further down with every new save. Clearing out the stale ones brings it back up.
Most bookmarks expire quietly
Giveaways end, job posts close, sales finish, and live threads go quiet. Plenty of bookmarks point at something that stopped mattering a week after you saved it.
Anyone signed in as you can scroll them
A family laptop or a phone you hand to a friend opens straight into your account, bookmarks and all. A shorter list leaves less of your reading history in view.
What happens in a run
Your bookmarks list gets shorter, and nothing else changes
Redact reads your bookmarks list and checks each one against your keyword and date filters.
The post you bookmarked stays on its author's profile with its replies and likes intact. Its bookmark count goes down by one, but X never shows who bookmarked a post, so nothing points back to you.
- Post date, not save date. The date range matches on when the post was published, because that's the date X makes available. A 2019 post you bookmarked yesterday still falls inside a range that ends in 2020.
- A copy on your computer. Turn on local archives in Redact's Settings and each bookmarked post in the run, with its text, link, and stats, is saved on your computer, so clearing the list doesn't mean losing what was on it.
- Posts left in place
- Post date, not save date
- Keywords to preserve
- Optional local copy
Date Range
Filters by when the tweet was posted, not when you bookmarked it.
Bookmark Keywords to Remove
Only remove bookmarks of tweets containing these words or phrases
Bookmark Keywords to Preserve
Never remove bookmarks of tweets containing these words or phrases
Filter before you remove
Clear every bookmark, or keep the ones you still use
Nothing here is required. Leave all three empty and every bookmark goes. The date range and keywords to remove cut the run down to the bookmarks that match. Keywords to preserve work the other way, so a bookmark that matches one is kept, and filling in only that field removes everything else.
Date Range
Catches bookmarks of posts published inside the window you set, whether that's a fixed pair of dates or a rolling range like older than a year.
Bookmark Keywords to Remove
Only bookmarks whose post contains one of your words or phrases are removed, like every giveaway or hiring post.
Bookmark Keywords to Preserve
A bookmark whose post contains one of these is kept, whatever else it matches. Good for recipes, tutorials, and anything you saved for work.
Run modes
Same filters, four kinds of run
Preview Mode
Lists every bookmark your filters catch and touches none of them, so you can adjust first.
Review and Delete
Removes only the matches you approve. It needs local archives turned on in Settings first.
Deletion Mode
Removes every match without stopping, for when you already trust what the filters pick up.
Schedule
Runs the same cleanup again on a timetable, like once a month. This one needs Premium.
Walkthrough
How to delete your Twitter/X bookmarks with Redact
Set aside a few minutes at a computer. Bookmark removal isn't in the phone apps yet.
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Install Redact on your computer
Download for your device →Bookmark removal runs in the desktop app on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
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Connect your Twitter/X account
Open Redact, choose Twitter/X, and link your account securely. Your credentials are sent straight to Twitter/X and never touch a Redact server.
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Open the Remove Bookmarks tab
Choose Advanced at the top of the Twitter/X form, since Easy mode has no bookmarks button, then pick Remove Bookmarks from the categories.
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Fill in the filters you want
Leave everything empty to clear the whole list, or narrow it down.
- Date Range: matches on when the post was published, not when you saved it.
- Bookmark Keywords to Remove: only posts containing these words or phrases lose their bookmark.
- Bookmark Keywords to Preserve: bookmarks of posts containing these stay no matter what.
What's free: bookmarks of posts from the last 30 days. Older ones need Premium.
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Preview, then remove
Start with Preview Mode and look over the list it produces. When it's right, run the same settings in Deletion Mode and leave Redact running while the bookmarks come off.
A private list, handled privately
X keeps your bookmarks private, and Redact doesn't change that. The app runs on your computer and sends each removal straight to X, so the list, the posts on it, and your login stay off Redact's servers entirely. You can disconnect X from Redact after the run.
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Frequently asked questions
No. Redact only takes the post off your bookmarks list, which is what choosing Remove post from Bookmarks on X does. The post stays on its author's profile with its likes and replies. The author can see how many people bookmarked the post, but X never says who, so they can't tell which one was yours.
If you want every bookmark gone, X's own option at the top of your Bookmarks page does that. Redact is for when you want to keep some. It removes only bookmarks of posts inside a date range or containing words you name, keeps any post that mentions a word you want to preserve, shows the matches in Preview Mode first, and can save a copy of each post to your computer.
Because that's the date X makes available, not the day you bookmarked it. A range like older than two years catches posts published more than two years ago, however recently you saved them.
Any bookmark of a post published in the last 30 days. A list you've kept for years is mostly older posts, and removing those needs Premium.
Easy mode only has buttons for tweets, retweets, likes, and messages. Bookmark removal is a tab of its own in Advanced mode, called Remove Bookmarks.
Yes. Turn on local archives in Redact's Settings before the run, and each bookmarked post the run finds is saved on your computer. The list on X gets shorter while the posts stay in Redact's archive for you to look back through.
More Twitter/X features
Mass Delete Tweets and X Posts
Bulk delete your tweets, retweets, quote tweets, and replies. Wipe the whole timeline or filter by keyword, hashtag, date, media, or engagement first.
Mass Delete Tweets by Date Range
Clear a whole era of old tweets at once. Set exact dates or a relative window like older than two years, across tweets, replies, likes, and DMs.
Mass Delete Tweets by Hashtag
Bulk delete tweets by hashtag, one tag or many, with a preserve list for the tagged tweets you keep.
Mass Delete Tweets by Keyword
Bulk delete tweets by keyword or phrase, with preserve filters and a built-in offensive-content classifier.
Mass Delete Replies on Twitter/X
Bulk delete the replies you've left under other people's tweets, by date, keyword, or engagement. Your tweets stay untouched.
Mass Delete Retweets on Twitter/X
Un-retweet your whole history in one pass, or filter by date, keyword, or hashtag first. Your own tweets and the originals stay untouched.
Filter Twitter/X Posts by Content Type and Media
Pick exactly which content types to remove, then narrow by media attribute. Delete only retweets, clear every quote tweet, or wipe just your video posts.
Mass Delete Twitter/X DMs
Bulk delete your Twitter/X DMs by date or recipient. Clears your side of every conversation. A premium feature.
Delete Your Grok Chat History
Wipe your Grok chat history in one pass, or search and pick the conversations that go. Starred chats and anything you preserve stay untouched.
Mass Delete Twitter/X Likes
Bulk unlike years of Twitter/X likes, all of them or filtered by date, keyword, hashtag, or engagement. Free to start.
Mass Unblock and Unmute Twitter/X Accounts
Bulk unblock and unmute Twitter/X accounts in one pass. Clear your whole block list and mute list, or just named handles, with a preserve list for the rest.
Mass Unfollow Twitter/X Accounts
Bulk unfollow the accounts you follow on Twitter/X, all at once or filtered by account type and follower count, with a preserve list for the handles you keep.
Bulk Delete via Twitter/X Data Export
Import your Twitter/X archive .zip into the desktop app to find tweets and likes without paging through your live timeline.
Bulk Delete Twitter/X Lists
Bulk delete the Twitter/X Lists you own, all at once or filtered by title, description, or member count. Deleting a list never unfollows anyone.
Delete Your Entire Twitter/X History
Wipe your whole Twitter/X account in one sweep, every content type at once, with a local archive saved to your computer first.