Broken links stored in your browser's favorites have the potential to frustrate and take up unnecessary space on your hard drive.
The Internet has been around a for a while now, so if you regularly bookmark web pages you visit, chances are at that least some of the links you've saved will have become redundant. Instead of trawling through your favorites attempting to weed out dead links yourself, you can choose from a number of software applications that will do all of the hard work for you.
Instructions
AM-DeadLink
1. Navigate to Aignes.com
2. Hover over the "Products" button, and select "AM-DeadLink."
3. Go to the bottom of the page, and click on "Download." The program is free.
4. Run the application.
5. Select the browser you want to check from the drop-down menu at the top of the application window, and click on the green tick icon to check your bookmarks. The program will then report the status of each of your bookmarks, and you'll have the option to delete any dead links.
URL Paster
6. Go to Urlpaster.com, and click on the "Start download" button. You'll be redirected to a download site where a free trial of the software should start to download automatically.
7. Run the program from the zip file downloaded.
8. Launch the application, and click on the "Find broken link" icon in the navigation menu. Your favorite links will be scanned.
9. Review any broken links that are found, and delete them. To use all the program's functions, you'll need to buy a license key, which you can do by closing and restarting the application and clicking on the "Buy now" button. You'll need to fill in your personal details and make a card or PayPal payment.
Check Favorites
10. Go to Jrtwine.com, and click on "Products."
11. Navigate to the bottom of the page, and select "Check Favorites."
12. Click on the link to download a zip file containing the software installer, and run the program.
13. Launch the application, and click on the green tick in the navigation bar to check your bookmarks. The program will display any dead links that you then have the option to delete. You can only check 10 links while using the evaluation version of the software and will need to return to the product page to buy a license to run unlimited scans. Check Favorites supplies ongoing support only for Internet Explorer.
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