How to Create, Export, & Import Bookmarks. Chrome & Edge

This guide provides clear instructions for creating, exporting, and importing bookmarks in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. It makes it easy to save your favorite sites and access them across devices or browsers.

Jon Steen
39 steps

Google Chrome

Open Google Chrome.

Create a favorite - Chrome

To add a website to your favorites, click the star in the address bar.

If you need to change the name or location of the bookmark, you can do so in the dialog box that appears. Once you're satisfied with the changes, click "Done" to save them.

Export Favorites - Chrome

Click the three dots to open the Chrome More Menu.

Hover over "Bookmarks and lists" and click "Bookmark manager"

Click the three dots next to the bookmarks search bar to open the menu.

Click "Export bookmarks"

In this step you will choose where to save your exported bookmarks. I suggest saving them in your Home folder (user folder) on the network. Click "This PC" on the left sidebar.

Double click your Home folder.

Right click in an empty space to open the context menu.

Hover over "New" and click "Folder". Type a name for the folder and press "Enter" twice to confirm the name of the folder and enter the folder.

Adjust the filename to your preference and click "Save". You have now successfully exported your current Chrome favorites.

Click the X on the Bookmarks tab to close the Bookmark Manager.

Import Favorites - Chrome

Click the three dots to open the Chrome More Menu.

Hover over "Bookmarks and lists" and click "Bookmark manager"

Click the three dots next to the bookmarks search bar to open the menu.

Click "Import bookmarks"

Navigate to the location where you have your saved bookmarks and select the file.

Click "Open"

You have successfully imported your favorites and will now see a new folder in the bookmark manager called imported.

Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge.

Create a favorite - Edge

To add a website to your favorites, click the star in the address bar or press Ctrl+D while on the site.

If you need to change the name or location of the bookmark, you can do so in the dialog box that appears. Once you're satisfied with the changes, click "Done" to save them.

Export Favorites - Edge

Click "Favorites"

Click the three dots to open the favorites menu.

Click "Export favorites"

In this step you will choose where to save your exported bookmarks. I suggest saving them in your Home folder (user folder) on the network. Click "This PC" on the left sidebar.

Double click your Home folder.

Double-click the Bookmark Backup folder we created a few steps above in the Chrome portion of this tutorial.

Adjust the filename to your preference and click "Save". You have now successfully exported your current Edge favorites.

Import Favorites - Edge

Click "Favorites"

Click the three dots to open the favorites menu.

Click "Import favorites"

Click "Choose what to import"

Click the small chevron on the "Import from" dropdown box.

Select "Favorites or bookmarks HTML file"

Click "Choose file"

Navigate to the location where you have your saved bookmarks and select the file.

Click "Done". You have successfully import your backed up favorites.

How to Create, Export, & Import Bookmarks. Chrome & Edge

Jon Steen
39 steps

Google Chrome

Open Google Chrome.

Create a favorite - Chrome

To add a website to your favorites, click the star in the address bar.

If you need to change the name or location of the bookmark, you can do so in the dialog box that appears. Once you're satisfied with the changes, click "Done" to save them.

Export Favorites - Chrome

Click the three dots to open the Chrome More Menu.

Hover over "Bookmarks and lists" and click "Bookmark manager"

Click the three dots next to the bookmarks search bar to open the menu.

Click "Export bookmarks"

In this step you will choose where to save your exported bookmarks. I suggest saving them in your Home folder (user folder) on the network. Click "This PC" on the left sidebar.

Double click your Home folder.

Right click in an empty space to open the context menu.

Hover over "New" and click "Folder". Type a name for the folder and press "Enter" twice to confirm the name of the folder and enter the folder.

Adjust the filename to your preference and click "Save". You have now successfully exported your current Chrome favorites.

Click the X on the Bookmarks tab to close the Bookmark Manager.

Import Favorites - Chrome

Click the three dots to open the Chrome More Menu.

Hover over "Bookmarks and lists" and click "Bookmark manager"

Click the three dots next to the bookmarks search bar to open the menu.

Click "Import bookmarks"

Navigate to the location where you have your saved bookmarks and select the file.

Click "Open"

You have successfully imported your favorites and will now see a new folder in the bookmark manager called imported.

Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge.

Create a favorite - Edge

To add a website to your favorites, click the star in the address bar or press Ctrl+D while on the site.

If you need to change the name or location of the bookmark, you can do so in the dialog box that appears. Once you're satisfied with the changes, click "Done" to save them.

Export Favorites - Edge

Click "Favorites"

Click the three dots to open the favorites menu.

Click "Export favorites"

In this step you will choose where to save your exported bookmarks. I suggest saving them in your Home folder (user folder) on the network. Click "This PC" on the left sidebar.

Double click your Home folder.

Double-click the Bookmark Backup folder we created a few steps above in the Chrome portion of this tutorial.

Adjust the filename to your preference and click "Save". You have now successfully exported your current Edge favorites.

Import Favorites - Edge

Click "Favorites"

Click the three dots to open the favorites menu.

Click "Import favorites"

Click "Choose what to import"

Click the small chevron on the "Import from" dropdown box.

Select "Favorites or bookmarks HTML file"

Click "Choose file"

Navigate to the location where you have your saved bookmarks and select the file.

Click "Done". You have successfully import your backed up favorites.