Recent Bookmarks

Easily access your recent bookmarks or search for them
What is Recent Bookmarks?
'Recent Bookmarks' is a convenient Chrome extension designed to simplify your bookmark navigation. It shows your recent bookmarks and permits you to open them in either the current tab or a new one, based on your choice. You can easily search for bookmarks using the Ctrl+B shortcut. Note that due to a bug, existing users may need to update their shortcut manually through the 'Keyboard shortcuts' option in the chrome://extensions/ page.

Extension stats

By: sodik
Users: 788 ▲ 16
Rating: 4.29 (7)
Version: 0.7.0 (Last updated: 2023-12-10)
Creation date: 2017-07-20
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • bookmarks
  • tabs
  • storage
Size: 327.68K

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

Shows recent bookmarks and opens it either in new tab or in actual tab depending on the chosen options (use CTRL to override this).

You can use default shortcut Ctrl+B to open popup menu

Unfortunately shortcut works only for new installation due to bug https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=336420 For old user update shortcut manually via "Keyboard shortcuts" in chrome://extensions/ page

First version published in 2010.

User reviews

This is not the original Recent Bookmarks extension. It provides very limited information and you cannot view more than 50 bookmarks. Look for the extension by Zamtools - it goes up to 1000 bookmarks and gives full descriptions of them.
by A Google user, 2018-09-23
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Recent Bookmarks requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Recent Bookmarks has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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