Create Hidden Bookmarks

It is possible to protect bookmarks with a password using Link Lock, but a link that needs a password may appear suspicious to someone else seeing it. Hidden bookmarks solve this problem.

Hidden bookmarks are disguised to be identical to normal bookmarks, with one exception: clicking them in the right order will open a hidden link. To open the hidden link, click the disguised bookmark first, and then click the decrypt bookmark next. The same decrypt bookmark works for all disguised bookmarks.

Read more about how hidden bookmarks work here.

Here is how to create hidden bookmarks:

1. Add a password to the hidden link if you have not done so already.
2. Drag the "decrypt" bookmark below to your bookmarks bar.
   • Clicking the decrypt bookmark goes to gmail.com unless the current page is a disguised link. Use the "advanced" options to have it go somewhere else instead.
   advanced

   decoy location for decrypt bookmark

   Change Location

   Decrypt

3. It may be a good idea to rename the decrypt bookmark to "Gmail" by right clicking, and either clicking "Edit" or "Properties."
4. Fill in the hidden URL below (if it is not already filled in). Then, fill in the disguised bookmark name and link.
   • There is a button to generate random disguise links if you do not want to pick your own.
5. Press the button to create the bookmark. Once created, drag the disguised bookmark to your bookmarks bar.