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Can I ‘unbookmark’?

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Itschristmasimallowedwine · 15/12/2019 19:21

When I’m on a thread and close the adverts, I, 9 times out of 10, accidentally press the bookmark button.

I don’t like to bookmark but I can’t unbookmark. Is there anyway to do this?

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Babdoc · 08/10/2020 15:14

Gosh, I thought it was just me with clumsy fingers! There are loads of us accumulating unwanted bookmarks by the sound of it.
MN, would it really be so difficult to make it reversible, as so many of us would like?
The site is difficult enough to use, with no edit facility for our own posts, or button to press to “like” other people’s posts.I often want to show approval or support to a PP’s point of view, without wishing to clog up a thread with posts of “hear hear” or whatever.

LetTheBirdsSing · 08/10/2020 15:05

Thanks for the quick reply @soniamumsnet! Can I ask why it won’t be changed? Is it a very time consuming, and therefore expensive, fix to make to the site?

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soniamumsnet · 08/10/2020 15:03

Hi @LittleMissLockdown thanks for your suggestion. We'll pass on that feedback. Flowers

LittleMissLockdown · 08/10/2020 14:54

It's disheartening to hear that you don't plan on making it an on/off feature. It would take hardly any effort at all to code it so it could be turned on and off. It's obvious it frustrates many of your users who access the site via mobile.

MNHQ
soniamumsnet · 08/10/2020 14:46

Hi @LetTheBirdsSing just to let you know that there aren't any plans to change this at the moment, but we're certainly keen to hear your comments for any future changes.

All feedback is really appreciated, and will be taken on board. Flowers

TheFormerPorpentinaScamander · 08/10/2020 14:45

Having never accidentally bookmarked a post before I've done it about 10 times this week. Is there still no way to get rid of the bookmark?

LetTheBirdsSing · 08/10/2020 14:41

Hi @JoMumsnet is there any update on plans to add a button to remove bookmarks on the mobile site? It’s really frustrating to not be able to get rid of accidentally clicked on bookmarks

peachypetite · 17/05/2020 11:11

Yes how can I get threads off “I’m on”?

MNHQ
LilyMumsnet · 17/05/2020 10:16

[quote peachypetite]@JoMumsnet I’ve tried what you suggested and it didn’t work. How can I remove it from “I’m on”?[/quote]

Hello, do you want to hide the thread?

peachypetite · 17/05/2020 08:30

@JoMumsnet I’ve tried what you suggested and it didn’t work. How can I remove it from “I’m on”?

MNHQ
JoMumsnet · 14/05/2020 10:32

Huge apologies for the delay in responding here.

For now, the bookmark function on the mobile site doesn't toggle on and off - though we've taken all of your feedback on board and are looking into this for the future.

As Chemenger has said, if you accidentally bookmark a post within a thread, that bookmark will be removed if you subsequently bookmark any other post, including the Opening Post.

Just for the record, threads on which you've bookmarked a post aren't automatically saved in your Watch list. To Watch a thread, click on the blue circle with the white arrow at the top of a thread and then click on 'Watch this thread'. So if you've accidentally bookmarked a post and do want to return to the thread, you'd have to scroll up to the top in order to Watch the thread, so at that stage you could also re-bookmark the opening post.

Sorry again if this isn't the answer you were hoping for.

If anyone's not yet tried the app, please give it a go - the app does allow you to toggle on and off a bookmarked post.

DappledThings · 14/05/2020 08:39

Don’t understand why you can’t just click again to remove the bookmark

Seconded. It seems really obvious just to make the bookmark button an on/off toggle

peachypetite · 14/05/2020 06:37

Still no update? I’m on my iPhone and keep bookmarking accidentally while scrolling. Don’t understand why you can’t just click again to remove the bookmark

FlowerArranger · 02/05/2020 18:03

Making it so that people could touch the symbol again to undo the action wouldn't stop people who like the feature from using it.

Indeed. So simple - and so obvious.

Jaichangecentfoisdenom · 02/05/2020 17:53

Making it so that people could touch the symbol again to undo the action wouldn't stop people who like the feature from using it.

^^
This. So much this!

flourella · 02/05/2020 12:09

Oh, so it's not like on Instagram where the little bookmark symbol saves the post for you in a separate section? That's not so bad then.

Still quite annoying that it's so easy to do accidentally and can't be undone, though. Making it so that people could touch the symbol again to undo the action wouldn't stop people who like the feature from using it.

Chemenger · 02/05/2020 11:58

The bookmark only works when you are on a thread so if you never go back to that thread the bookmark won’t bother you. If you want something to appear in your watch list you have to watch it. If you bookmark in the wrong place just go back to the OP (or wherever you want to be) and bookmark that, then the thread will always start there. Bookmarking is probably the thing I find most useful on MN, please don’t mess with it too much.

flourella · 02/05/2020 11:52

I just accidentally bookmarked a post on a thread I don't even care about and can't see how to unbookmark it. I'm using Chrome on a mobile device.

Now I'm looking into it, I also can't work out how to locate my bookmarks, so if I ever wanted to do it deliberately how would I find them? The thread/post hasn't appeared in the I'm Watching section or anywhere else that I can see. It must be somewhere though, and I like things to be tidy so not being able to unbookmark it is really bothering me! Does anyone know how to sort it out?

ExpletiveDelighted · 26/03/2020 09:13

Ah ok, this thread is interesting for me as bookmarks are one of the most useful features on MN as far as I'm concerned so it wouldn't have occurred to me that some posters actively avoid them. I do bookmark accidentally as some of you have said though, it might have been better when you had to touch the three dots then bookmark, but back then lots of people never found out the feature existed so I guess they changed it for that reason.

Jaichangecentfoisdenom · 26/03/2020 08:48

Nice thought, Expletive, but I don't want any bookmarks at all, so it would make no difference to me as I just go to the end of threads I'm watching!

ExpletiveDelighted · 26/03/2020 08:28

Can't you just scroll back up to the first post and bookmark that instead? I bookmark all the time so I don't re-read the same stuff but if I accidentally bookmark in the wrong place I just re-bookmark somewhere else.

Jaichangecentfoisdenom · 26/03/2020 08:24

Hi, @KimMumsnet - hope you're all keeping well, first of all.
Is there still no advice on this, please? I know it's tiny in the grand scheme of things, but it would be nice to know it can be fixed! Thanks a lot, and have a lovely safe day at home!

MNHQ
KimMumsnet · 21/03/2020 17:14

Afternoon, all. We're just finding out what the latest info on this is - bear with us and we will give you a shout asap.
Flowers

Jaichangecentfoisdenom · 21/03/2020 14:40

Same here, @GloriaMumsnet, @soniamumsnet - I'm on a laptop using Firefox and I accidentally saved a post and I can't click again to un-save it, so every time I go back to the thread it takes me to that post, even though the thread is moving fast.

StephanieSpeilberg · 19/03/2020 08:40

Just bumping to see if there is an answer to this. @mnhq

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