# Favorites in the AWS Management Console
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To access your frequently used services and applications more quickly, you can save their service consoles to a list of **Favorites**. You can add and remove favorites using the AWS Management Console. When you add a service or application to your **Favorites**, it appears on the Favorites quickbar.

**Topics**
+ [Adding favorites in the AWS Management Console](add-fave.md)
+ [Accessing favorites in the AWS Management Console](access-fave.md)
+ [Removing favorites in the AWS Management Console](remove-fave.md)

# Adding favorites in the AWS Management Console
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You can add services and applications to your favorites from the **Services** menu and the **Recently visited** menu. You can also add services to your favorites by using the search results page from the search box. Services and applications that you add to your favorites appear in the Favorites quickbar.

**Topics**
+ [Favorites quickbar in the AWS Management Console](#fave-quickbar)
+ [Adding services to your favorites in the AWS Management Console](add-fave-services.md)
+ [Adding applications to your favorites in the AWS Management Console](add-fave-apps.md)

## Favorites quickbar in the AWS Management Console
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The favorites quickbar appears when you have at least one AWS service or application added to your favorites. The favorites quickbar is located following the navigation bar and is visible in all AWS service consoles, so you can quickly access your favorite services and applications. You can rearrange the order of the services and applications in the favorites quickbar by dragging a service or application to the left or right.

# Adding services to your favorites in the AWS Management Console
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You can add services to your favorites from the **Services** menu or the search results page from the search box.

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**To add favorites from the Services menu**

1. Open the [AWS Management Console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/).

1. In the navigation bar, choose **Services (⋮⋮⋮)**.

1. (Optional) Add a recently visited service to your favorites:

   1. In **Recently visited**, hover your cursor over a service.

   1. Select the star next to the service's name.

1. Choose **All services**.

1. Hover your cursor over your chosen service.

1. Select the star next to the service's name.

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#### [ Search box ]

**To add favorites from the search box**

1. Open the [AWS Management Console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/).

1. Enter the name of a service in the search box.

1. In the search results page, select the star next to the service's name.

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**Note**  
After you add a service to your favorites, it's added to the favorites quickbar following the navigation bar.

# Adding applications to your favorites in the AWS Management Console
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You can add applications to your favorites from the **Services** menu.

**To add favorites from the Services menu**

1. Open the [AWS Management Console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/).

1. In the navigation bar, choose **Services (⋮⋮⋮)**.

1. (Optional) Add a recently visited application to your favorites:

   1. In **Recently visited**, hover your cursor over an application.

   1. Select the star next to the application's name.

1. Choose **Applications**.

1. Hover your cursor over your chosen application.

1. Select the star next to the application's name.

**Note**  
After you add an application to your favorites, it's added to the favorites quickbar following the navigation bar.

# Accessing favorites in the AWS Management Console
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You can access services and applications added to your favorites from the **Services** menu, the favorites quickbar, and the **Favorites** widget.

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#### [ Services menu ]

**To access your favorites from the **Services** menu**

1. Open the [AWS Management Console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/).

1. In the navigation bar, choose **Services (⋮⋮⋮)**.

1. Choose **Favorites**.

1. View the services and applications you added to your favorites.

1. (Optional) View application resources:

   1. Select an application.

   1. (Optional) Select a [view](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/resource-explorer/latest/userguide/configure-views.html).

   1. View your resources.

   1. (Optional) Select a filter. You can filter your resources by **Properties** or by **Tags**. For more information, see [ Search query syntax reference for Resource Explorer](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/resource-explorer/latest/userguide/using-search-query-syntax.html) in the *AWS Resource Explorer User Guide*.

   1. (Optional) Select a resource to view it in the relevant service console.
**Tip**  
You can continue browsing resources where you left off by choosing **Services (⋮⋮⋮)**. Your applied search filters will also persist.

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#### [ Favorites quickbar ]

**To access your favorites from the favorites quickbar**

1. Open the [AWS Management Console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/).

1. View the services and applications in the favorites quickbar.

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#### [ Favorites widget ]

**To access your favorites from the Favorites widget**

1. Open the [AWS Management Console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/).

1. (Optional) Add the **Favorites** widget if you don't have it:

   1. Choose the **\$1 Add widgets** button on the Console Home page.

   1. In the **Add widgets** menu, drag the **Favorites** widget by using the **⋮⋮** icon and place it on your Console Home page. 

1. View the services and applications in the **Favorites** widget.

For more information about widgets, see [Working with widgets in AWS Console Home](work-with-widgets.md).

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# Removing favorites in the AWS Management Console
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You can remove services and applications from your favorites using the **Services** menu. You can also remove services by using the search results page from the search bar.

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**To remove favorites from the Services menu**

1. Open the [AWS Management Console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/).

1. In the navigation bar, choose **Services**.

1. Choose **Favorites**.

1. Deselect the star next to the service or application.

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#### [ Search box ]

**Note**  
Currently, you can only remove services using the search results page from the search bar.

**To remove favorites from the search box**

1. Open the [AWS Management Console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/).

1. Enter the name of a service in the search box.

1. In the search results page, deselect the star next to the service's name.

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