Too many files in sidebar and out of order

Somehow I've ended up with the entire contents of one of my folders – 200+ files – in my sidebar. What did I press to do that?
The problem is – how do I get rid of them? There does not appear any way to select them all at once. Doing it one at a time will be awfully slow.
Also, they are in reverse alphabetical order and I can't find any way to change that.
Any suggestions?

You could delete the com.apple.sidebarlists.plist file, located in your user's Library/Preferences folder.

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Performance tip: Keep the Desktop clutter-free (empty, if possible)
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