Bookmarks
How do I keep the Bookmarks on the side bar?
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You Safari bookmarks can remain visible in the Safari sidebar whilst the sidebar itself remains open. However, if the sidebar is closed - requiring you you to first tap Back then the Safari button at top-left of the Sidebar, followed by the Sidebar icon itself - then your bookmarks will not be visible when you next open the Safari sidebar.
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The Sidebar is now closed with the Sidebar button at top-left of the screen:
Note: For this button to be visible, if Bookmarks/Reading List/History is displayed in the sidebar, you must first tap the “Back” and “Safari” buttons that appear in this location.
The iPad User Guide is a rich source of frequently overlooked information. Having updated to iPadOS15, this resource may be worthwhile to review in order to better understand many of the changes that have occurred with transition from iPadOS14 to iPadOS15. The Guide is available both online using a web browser (such as Safari), or as an Apple Books download:
iPad User Guide - Apple Support
https://books.apple.com/book/id1567104892
There are many changes within iPadOS15 - and significant changes to Safari and its management of Bookmarks is but only one. You are not the first to make the observation concerning the introduced shortcomings of the iPadOS15 Safari Sidebar - and certainly won’t be the last.
Apple do invite constructive feedback, comments and feature requests via their product feedback pages. For iPad and iPadOS:
You are encouraged to make use of this facility in expressing any views concerning issues, bugs, or functionality changes of which you are unhappy.