iPad Bookmarks Disappeared? Try This Simple Fix
Who’s been messing with my iPad? Went to bed last night and then, this morning, all of my iPad bookmarks disappeared. Not cool. Thankfully, there is an insanely simple fix.
This issue affects iPads running iOS 6 and 6.0.1, whether the device shipped with or was upgraded to the newest versions of Apple’s mobile operating system.
The first method is the easiest — double-tap the home button to reveal multitasking toolbar; locate the Safari icon, then tap and hold until it wiggles. Just kill the process by tapping the little “⊖”.
Alternately, you can also shutdown and restart your iPad — simultaneously hold down the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons until the device either shuts down or you are prompted to power it down.
Once the iPad has fully shutdown (a black screen, no backlight), press the sleep/wake button to start it up and, when you launch Safari again, your bookmarks should be back.
A touch of the darkside?
Well, in truth, all of my iPad’s bookmarks disappeared and were replaced by one, Microsoft’s Bing, which wasn’t one of my bookmarks. Hmm, do we smell a conspiracy? No, but there was a time in the late ’90s when that would have been more than plausible.
For what it’s worth, others who have experienced this problem report that one, some combination or all of Safari’s default bookmarks displaced their bookmarks. And, Bing is a default bookmark.
But, why just that one?
Old ways of thinking die hard. Perhaps another glass of tasty Kool-Aid will clear things up…
What’s your take?
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Small nitpick. The multitask bar’s remove icon is a small red (-) minus sign. The (x) is for when you are deleting apps from the home screen.
Nit picked and fixed — thanks!
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Thank you! I was in a panic and you saved my bookmarks:)
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Brilliant and simple fix. Thank you.
5 seconds solved a lot of frustration.
BRILLIANT!!! Thank you so much.
You are brilliant!!! Thank you thank you thank you! I thought it was lost like my contacts on my iphone!! Cannot thank you enough!
Ohhhh my gosh! Thank you! I was just panicking! If I knew you I’d buy you a present haha
Hmm, just saved my (own) bacon again — iPad 3 running iOS 6.1.3. Worked again…
It didn’t work for me. What else can I try? All my bookmarks are gone and I need them.
@Josh — (1) There are two methods above, did you try both? (2) Back up and reinstall, takes less than an hour.
When in doubt reboot. Worked for me.
Your shut down fix seems to confuse doing a hard reboot and a restart. You describe doing a hard reboot, i.e., hold down the home button and the sleep/wake buttons simultaneously, but then should say to continue holding them down until the iOS device powers off, keep holding them, and back on and until you see the Apple. Then you can let go. Otherwise, you could have merely held in the sleep/wake button until the slider “turn off” indicator appears at which time you slide it off. This powers it down. Then you restart it with the sleep/wake button by holding it in until you see something come up on the screen. The first way is a hard reboot, which is a good troubleshooting tool and resets a bunch of problems. The second is merely a turning off then back on of the device, which fixes some, but fewer problems. I’m really not sure what you described does, but I think is the same as merely turning off and on again. You don’t get the benefits of the reset unless you continue to hold down the two buttons through powering off and until you see the Apple again. At least that is my understanding and I don’t mean to be critical so please let me know, if I am wrong. Always learning…
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