Guide

How to export your bookmarks from Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari

Published 2026-11-08

Every major browser can save your bookmarks as one HTML file. That file is a copy, so exporting changes nothing in your browser. Once you have it, you can keep it as a backup or import it into a bookmark manager.

Chrome, Edge and Brave

  1. Press Ctrl+Shift+O (Cmd+Shift+O on a Mac) to open the bookmark manager.
  2. Click the ⋮ menu at the top right and choose Export bookmarks.
  3. Save the .html file somewhere you can find it.

Firefox

  1. Press Ctrl+Shift+O to open the Library.
  2. Click Import and Backup, then Export Bookmarks to HTML.
  3. Save the file.

Safari

  1. Choose File, then Export, then Bookmarks.
  2. Save the .html file.

What the file contains

The HTML file lists your links, their titles and the folders they sit in. It does not include page contents, so a link that has since been taken down will still be listed.

Before you import it

  • Keep the original file as a backup.
  • Expect duplicates if you imported the same links before. A good importer skips them.
  • Run the free dead-link checker on the file to find links that no longer work, so you do not carry them over.