If you are reading ebooks a lot, bookmarking feature is necessary for you. With bookmarking, you can easily keep track of the page or phrase that you want to return to read again. If you prefer reading kindle ebooks, you will know Kindle also enables you to bookmark, highlight and make notes. In the following part, I will share some basic knowledge of adding, viewing and removing kindle bookmarks. Also, I will answer some frequent asked questions about Kindle bookmarks.
Part 1. Add Kindle Bookmarks on Kindle (Paperwhite, Fire and kindle app)
- Reading PDF files on Kindle devices is one of the best things you can do with your Amazon ereader - but the process is quite fiddly, which is why we've drawn up a guide on how to do it.
- Highlights, notes, and bookmarks help you capture and save important book content when you're reading Kindle eBooks.
- While the Kindle book is open in the app, tap the top of the screen and the menu bar will appear. Tap the three stacked lines and a menu bar will appear. Scroll down to Popular Highlights. Tap it to see the popular passages that others have highlighted in the book. Tap on a highlight to go to that location in the book.
Adding a kindle bookmark is very easy.
Step 1. Open the Kindle books and go the page you want to bookmark.
Highlights Hidden Pictures: A Coloring Book for Grown-Up Children. Turn off Kindle Popular highlights on Kindle for Mac 1. Run Kindle for Mac, and click on 'Kindle' at the top menu bar. Then select 'Preference' at the drop-down list.
Step 2. Tap the central top part of this page to show up the toolbar.
Step 3. Tap the bookmark icon at the top right corner to add a bookmark.
Part 2. View & Remove Kindle Bookmarks
After adding bookmarks, if you want to go back to read the marked page, you may ask “How do I find my bookmarks in Kindle?”. Here I will share how to view your kindle bookmarks and remove unnecessary bookmarks.
View & Remove Kindle bookmarks on Kindle
Steps for viewing Kindle bookmarks on Kindle
Step 1. Open the book and tap the top of the kindle screen to display the option menu.
Step 2. Press the Bookmark icon, the list of your bookmarks will be shown in the screen. From there, you can view all your Kindle bookmarks.
Remove Kindle bookmarks: Tap bookmark icon to show all bookmarks, then tap the bookmark you want to remove, a delete icon will show up. Just tap it, the kindle bookmark will be removed successfully.
View & remove kindle bookmarks on Kindle for PC/MAC
Steps of finding Kindle bookmarks on Kindle for Mac( It works for Kindle for PC too.)
Step 1. Open Kindle books in Kindle for PC/Mac and then click on “Show Notebook” button to display all kindle highlight and notes.
Step 2. Then filter by “Bookmarks“. All your bookmarks of the opening book will be displayed.
Remove Kindle Bookmarks: When you view your kindle bookmarks, you will see three dots besides each bookmark. Click the three dots, then select “delete bookmark” to remove kindle bookmarks.
View & remove kindle bookmarks on Kindle for iOS/Android, Kindle fire
Steps for viewing kindle bookmarks on Kindle for iOS (It works for Kindle for Android and Kindle fire too.)
Step 1. Open Kindle book in Kindle for iOS/Android, and then tap the top of any page to show the toolbar. Tap 'Note' icon to show all your notes and highlights.
Step 2. Then tap 'Filter' icon and then press 'Bookmarks'. All your bookmarks for this book will show up.
Remove Bookmarks(Kindle Fire): Once all bookmarks displayed, you will see “Delete” icon besides each bookmark, just tap it to delete kindle bookmarks.
Pro tip: Ultimate way to view your Kindle notes and highlights
Amazon enables you to view and manage all your kindle notes and highlights online at one place—kindle cloud notebook.
Frequently Asked Questions on Kindle Bookmarks
Q1: Kindle bookmarks disappeared
My Kindle bookmarks, notes and highlights are all missing on my Kindle for PC(version 1.26). Within Kindle for PC on Windows 10, when I bookmark a page, it no longer shows up in the notebook section. What’s more, my notes, highlights and bookmarks were gone. Any solution?
Workaround: I have tried many solutions, such as redownloading the kindle books, turning on Sync on Manage your Device and content, or updating kindle for pc to the latest version. All these solutions did not work for me. Anyway, the only workaround is checking the kindle bookmarks and highlights on Kindle cloud Reader online.
On Kindle cloud reader, click on 'Show note and marks' button as the below picture.
All your notes and marks will be displayed.
Q2: How to transfer bookmarks between kindles?
For kindle books purchased from Amazon website, you just need to download the kindle books and the bookmarks will automatically sync. If not, please turn on the Device Synchronization under Preference tab of Manage Your Content and Devices.
For sideloading books, connect the old Kindle to the computer over USB. Each ebook has another folder with the same name. If you open it, you will see there are many files with the same name but with different extension. Copy them to the new Kindle, and your notes, highlights, and bookmarks will be transferred to your new Kindle. Also, there is a folder named: My Clippings.sdr which contains all your notes. Please also copy this one to ensure your notes have been transferred successfully.
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Iris Yan joined Epubor since 2017. She always wants to share everything related to ebook reading and improve your reading journey.
I don’t know about you, but when I’m curled up with a particularly good Kindle book, I’m not terribly interested in seeing the most “popular” highlights on a given page.
Maybe the Kindle’s popular highlights feature (which underlines oft-highlighted passages from other Kindle readers) comes in handy when you’re trying to skim a dense non-fiction book or if you’re cramming for a test; personally, though, I’d rather discover hidden gems in a novel on my own rather than have them pointed out to me.
Luckily, you can turn off “popular” highlights in just a few clicks, taps or swipes.
Here’s the trick…
On a old-style, non-touch Kindle reader:
- Go to the Home screen, click the Menu key, then select Settings.
- Turn to page 3, then switch Popular Highlights to “off.”
You can hide “popular” highlights on a Kindle reader or app (such as the one for iPad) in just a few taps.
On a newer, touch-enabled Kindle reader (such as the Kindle Touch & Paperwhite):
- Go to the Home screen, then tap the Menu button in the top-right corner of the display.
- Tap Settings, Reading Options, then switch Popular Highlights to “off.”
On a Kindle Fire:
- Tap the middle of the screen, then tap Settings, More Options.
- Switch the Popular Highlights setting to “off.”
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On the Kindle app for iPhone/iPad:
- Tap the Home button in the top-left corner of the screen, then tap the Settings icon (the one that looks like a gear) in the bottom-right corner.
- Scroll all the way down to the bottom, tap Other, then switch Popular Highlights to “off.”
Note: The Kindle app for Android doesn’t seem to have a setting for Popular Highlights, nor does it appear to display them—or at least, not that I can see.
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