Add websites to your Favorites in Safari on Mac

1. In the Safari app 👁 Image
   on your Mac, move the pointer over the Smart Search field.

2. Click and hold the One-Step Add button 👁 Image
   that appears at the left end of the field, then choose Favorites.

   You can also click in the Smart Search field, then drag the URL of the webpage you’re viewing to the Favorites bar near the top of the window, the Favorites folder in the sidebar, or the Favorites area in the start page.

In the Safari app 👁 Image
on your Mac, do any of the following:

• Rearrange your Favorites: Drag them to different locations.

• Edit a favorite website or folder name: Control-click the name you want to change in the Favorites bar, then choose Rename from the shortcut menu. You can also force click the name, or click and hold it until it’s highlighted, then enter a new one.

• Remove a favorite website: Drag the favorite website away from the Favorites bar or from the Favorites area in the start page, then let it go when you see the Remove icon 👁 Image
  . You can also Control-click the Favorite, then choose Delete from the shortcut menu.

• Show a different bookmarks folder in Favorites: Choose Safari > Preferences, click General, then use the “Favorites shows” pop-up menu.

In the Safari app 👁 Image
on your Mac, do any of the following:

• View your Favorites from the Smart Search field: Click in the Smart Search field to see your favorite websites in the start page view, then click the icon of the website you want to visit. The start page view goes away if you start typing, and it doesn’t appear if you click the field while you’re viewing the start page.

  👁 The Safari Smart Search field; below it is the start page showing Favorites and a Privacy Report summary.
  

  You can also see your favorite websites when you open new tabs. If you don’t see your Favorites in new tabs, change settings in Change General preferences in Safari on Mac.

• Show the Favorites bar: Choose View > Show Favorites Bar. A bar with your favorite websites appears below the toolbar.

  👁 The Favorites bar with a bookmarks folder. To edit a bookmark or folder in the bar, click and hold it. To rearrange items in the bar, drag them. To remove an item, drag it away from the bar.
  

• Open a favorite website: Click in the Smart Search field, then click a website under Favorites, or click a website in the Favorites bar (or use the Touch Bar).