Notion Link Manager (Template)

Hi there! Thank you for checking out my link manager and tab de-hoarder.

I’ve been there way too often. I am guilty as charged when it comes to hoarding tabs, no matter which definition you use (10 tabs or, 50 tabs or 99 tabs). On my laptop, Arc was a saving grace with auto-closing tabs, yet this did not solve a vital issue: (re)discoverability.

After trying countless apps (Pocket, Readwise, Readinglist, etc.), notes, and even post-it notes, none really hit the mark.

Reading books such as Building A Second Brain helped to an extent, but still didn’t satisfy the core requirements:

1. Quick
2. Easy
3. Sortable

My (battle-tested) solution is a Notion Database and Notion’s Web Clipper. I’ve used this for over a year and it made all the difference.

Setup

The setup is straightforward and requires only a few steps:

1. Duplicate this Notion Template
2. Download the Notion App for iOS and Android and install the Notion Web Clipper Extension on Desktop.
3. Create the Types and Tags you need. By default, the following are included: Tool, Tutorial, Product, Article, SaaS, Company, Video, and Person.
4. Start adding links straight into the Database for easy viewing.
5. CLOSE THE TAB, resting assured that when you need it, you can come back to it.

Using The System

To make this system work, once a week, take 10-15 minutes to sort and tag the links.

All new links for the week will go into the To Be Sorted view.

There add a Type (single selection) and a Tag (multiple selection). Once completed, mark it as sorted via the checkbox, and voila!

The link is out of my browser and won’t get lost.

Default Views

Books

Tools

Articles

Inspirations

Adding More Views

Adding more views for easy overviews and search is super simple, and there’s two ways you can go about it:

Directly in the main Links table

Directly in the main Links table

Happy cleaning!