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Bkmark gives you two complementary ways to organize your library: tags for flexible, cross-cutting labels and groups for hierarchical folder-like structure. You can use one, the other, or both — and a single bookmark can belong to as many tags and groups as you need.

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Tags

Tags are color-coded labels you attach to bookmarks. Because a bookmark can have multiple tags, they work well for anything that doesn’t fit neatly into a single folder — topics, projects, reading status, priority, or whatever makes sense for your workflow.

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Available tag colors

You can assign any of the following colors when you create or edit a tag:
  • red
  • orange
  • amber
  • yellow
  • lime
  • green
  • teal
  • cyan
  • blue
  • indigo
  • violet
  • pink
Leave the color blank to use the default neutral style.

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Creating a tag

1

Open Tag Manager

Click Tags in the left sidebar, then click + New Tag.
2

Name your tag

Type a short, descriptive name. Tag names are lowercase and use hyphens instead of spaces — for example, machine-learning or to-read.
3

Pick a color

Select a color from the palette to make the tag visually distinct in your library.
4

Save

Click Create Tag. The tag is now available to assign to any bookmark.
You can also create tags on the fly while saving a bookmark — just type a new tag name in the tags field and Bkmark creates it automatically.

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Renaming a tag

1

Open Tag Manager

Click Tags in the sidebar to see all your tags.
2

Edit the tag

Hover over the tag and click the pencil icon, or open its context menu and choose Rename.
3

Save the new name

Type the new name and press Enter. Every bookmark that had this tag is updated instantly.

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Deleting a tag

1

Open Tag Manager

Click Tags in the sidebar.
2

Delete the tag

Hover over the tag and click the trash icon, or choose Delete from its context menu.
3

Confirm

Confirm the deletion. The tag is removed from every bookmark it was attached to and then permanently deleted.
Deleting a tag removes it from all bookmarks that use it. There is no way to undo this, so rename the tag first if you’re just doing a cleanup.

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Filtering by tag

Click any tag in the sidebar (or on a bookmark card) to instantly filter your library to only bookmarks with that tag. You can also combine a tag filter with a search query or a group filter.

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Groups

Groups are hierarchical containers — like folders — that let you organize bookmarks by project, topic, team, or any other structure. A group can contain bookmarks as well as child groups, so you can build multi-level hierarchies.

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Creating a group

1

Open Group Manager

Click Groups in the sidebar, then click + New Group.
2

Name your group

Give the group a clear, descriptive name, for example Work / Design Resources or Learning / Rust.
3

Set optional details

  • Description — a short note about what belongs here.
  • Color — a hex color used to tint the group’s icon in the sidebar.
  • Icon — an emoji or icon name to make the group visually recognizable.
  • Parent group — if this should be a sub-group of an existing group, pick a parent.
4

Save

Click Create Group. The new group appears in the sidebar, nested under its parent if you set one.
Example hierarchy:

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Adding a bookmark to a group

A bookmark can belong to multiple groups at the same time. You have two ways to assign groups:
  1. At save time — when creating a bookmark, type or select group names in the Groups field.
  2. After saving — open the bookmark’s action menu (···), choose Edit, and update the groups field.
You can also bulk-assign bookmarks to a group by selecting them and choosing Move from the bulk-action toolbar.

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Renaming or editing a group

Hover over the group in the sidebar and click the settings icon, or right-click and choose Edit Group. You can change the name, description, color, icon, or parent group at any time.

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Deleting a group

Open the group’s settings and choose Delete Group. You’ll be prompted to either:
  • Move bookmarks to another group before deleting, or
  • Leave bookmarks unassigned (they remain in your library without that group).
Deleting a group only removes the group container — your bookmarks are never deleted when you delete a group.

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Smart organization tips

Tags work best for cross-cutting concerns that apply across many different projects — things like tutorial, reference, to-read, or important. Groups work best when you have a distinct project or context that deserves its own “folder,” like a client engagement or a learning track.
Don’t feel like a bookmark must live in exactly one place. A great article about Rust async programming can legitimately live in both your Learning / Rust group and your Engineering References group. Assign it to both so you find it wherever you look.
Use a consistent color convention across tags to make scanning your library faster. For example: red for urgent or high-priority, green for reference material you trust, amber for things you’re not sure about yet. You don’t need to document the system — it becomes intuitive quickly.
Decide upfront whether you’ll use singular or plural tag names (tutorial vs tutorials) and whether you’ll use hyphens for multi-word tags (machine-learning vs machinelearning). Consistent naming means less time hunting for the right tag when you’re saving something new.
If your sidebar is getting long, reorganize flat groups into a hierarchy. Move related groups under a common parent so the sidebar shows only the top-level containers by default. Expand them only when you need something specific.