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Overview

The Cleanup feature helps you maintain a tidy bookmark collection by identifying and removing duplicate or similar bookmarks. It uses multiple detection strategies—from simple URL matching to AI-powered semantic analysis—to find duplicates you might have missed.
Nothing is deleted until you explicitly approve. All cleanups go through a review process where you can see exactly what will be removed.

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How It Works

  1. Create a Review — Configure detection methods and filters
  2. Analysis — The system scans your bookmarks and groups duplicates
  3. Review — Browse grouped duplicates and choose which to keep
  4. Approve — Confirm the cleanup to soft-delete duplicates
  5. Restore (24h) — Accidentally deleted? Restore within 24 hours

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Creating a Cleanup Review

Navigate to Dashboard → Cleanup and click New Review.

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Detection Methods

Finds bookmarks with identical or nearly identical URLs. This catches:
  • Same URL with different formatting (http:// vs https://)
  • URLs with/without www. prefix
  • URLs with trailing slashes removed
  • URLs with fragments (#section) removed
Finds bookmarks from the same domain with similar content. Useful for catching:
  • Same page bookmarked with different tracking parameters (?utm_source=...)
  • Mobile vs desktop URLs (m.twitter.com vs twitter.com)
  • Domain aliases (x.com vs twitter.com)
Uses AI embeddings to find bookmarks about the same topic, even if URLs are completely different. Perfect for:
  • Same article syndicated across multiple sites
  • Similar content with different titles
  • Bookmarks covering the same topic from different sources

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Filters

Fine-tune which bookmarks are analyzed:
FilterDescription
Exclude PinnedSkip bookmarks you’ve pinned (default: on)
Exclude ProtectedSkip bookmarks marked as protected (default: on)
Older Than X DaysOnly include bookmarks older than a specified number of days
Not Viewed in X DaysOnly include bookmarks you haven’t viewed recently
DomainsInclude or exclude specific domains

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Reviewing Duplicates

After analysis completes, you’ll see your duplicates organized into groups. Each group contains bookmarks that the system considers duplicates of each other.

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Understanding Groups

Each group shows:
  • Keeper (marked with a crown) — The bookmark that will be preserved
  • Duplicates — Other bookmarks in the group that will be deleted

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Changing the Keeper

Don’t agree with the suggested keeper? Click any bookmark in the group to set it as the new keeper. The system intelligently picks keepers based on:
  • Cleanest URL (no tracking parameters)
  • Most complete metadata
  • Most recent save date

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Skipping Bookmarks

If you don’t want to delete a specific duplicate, you can mark it as “Keep” to exclude it from deletion while keeping the rest of the group’s actions intact.

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Approving a Cleanup

Once you’ve reviewed all groups:
  1. Click Approve Cleanup at the bottom of the review
  2. Confirm the action in the dialog
  3. Duplicates are soft-deleted (moved to trash)
Soft-deleted bookmarks are permanently removed after 24 hours. Use the Deleted section to restore any mistakes.

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Using Chat for Cleanup

You can also trigger cleanup through the AI chat. Just describe what you want to clean up:
  • “Find duplicate bookmarks”
  • “Clean up my Twitter bookmarks”
  • “Remove bookmarks I haven’t viewed in 30 days”
  • “Find similar articles about React”
The chat will create a cleanup review based on your request.

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Tips for Best Results

Start with Exact Duplicates

Run exact duplicate detection first—it’s fast, accurate, and catches the most obvious duplicates.

Use Domain Duplicates for Social Media

Social media URLs often have tracking params. Domain duplicate detection cleans these up nicely.

AI Analysis for Deep Cleaning

Premium users: Enable semantic analysis to find topically similar bookmarks across different sources.

Exclude Important Bookmarks

Pin or protect bookmarks you never want to delete before running cleanup.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes! Deleted bookmarks go to a soft-delete state for 24 hours. Visit Dashboard → Cleanup → Deleted to restore them.
Cleanup reviews expire after 7 days if not acted upon. Creating a new review also marks previous pending reviews as expired.
No, AI semantic analysis requires a Premium subscription. Free users can still use URL-based and domain-based detection.
  • Exact duplicates: 100% accurate (same URL hash)
  • Domain duplicates: ~95% accurate (URL normalization + content similarity)
  • AI semantic: ~85-95% accurate (depends on content similarity threshold)