# Better Add/Remove Star from File and Search

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/better-add-remove-star-from-file-and-search/29886>\
**Category:** Feature archive\
**Created:** [January 4, 2022, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/better-add-remove-star-from-file-and-search/29886 "2022-01-04T08:48:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![dkowalski](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c89c15/32.png) [@dkowalski](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/dkowalski)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/better-add-remove-star-from-file-and-search/29886/1 "2022-01-04T08:48:11Z")

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### Use case or problem

Now we have one button to make a file / a search “star.”  
I have many times clicked on it by mistake.  
Action is immediate, and I lost a file/ a search from a list of “stars.”

### Proposed solution

- split Star/Remove for a file and a search to two buttons
- add a confirmation when we are going to delete a “star” from a list

### Current workaround (optional)

to be careful

### Related

> [@Warn When Deleting Bookmarked Items & Remove From Starred List](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/warn-when-deleting-starred-item-remove-from-starred-list/7249):
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> I tried searching for this & could not find anything so I apologize if it already exists. Currently Obsidian will allow you to delete something that you have starred. This leads to some small confusion & extra work when you go to your starred item pane, as now you have starred items that no longer exist. Obsidian handles it gracefully enough, telling you “can not find file xxx” but, I think it would make for a much smoother workflow if when you go to delete something that you have starred, Ob…

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**Author:** ![WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/whitenoise/32/11_2.png) [@WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/WhiteNoise)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/better-add-remove-star-from-file-and-search/29886/2 "2023-04-04T16:13:46Z")

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This is done with bookmarks plugin in v1.2

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/3X/b/e/bec35fbd23ab28909bb6bfe62cb32eb82dd34019.png) [@system](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/better-add-remove-star-from-file-and-search/29886/3 "2023-04-11T16:13:55Z")

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Closed on April 11, 2023, 4:13pm UTC

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