How to move bookmarks from one computer to another firefox

Things You Should Know

• You can transfer Chrome and Firefox bookmarks from one computer to another.
• You'll need to export your bookmarks to HTML and transfer them into a connected flash drive.
• Use Chrome's and Firefox's Bookmark Manager to import the saved bookmarks.

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   Plug a flash drive into your computer. A flash drive is probably the easiest way to quickly transfer your bookmarks to another computer.

   • If you don’t have a flash drive, you can attach the bookmark file to an email message instead.

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   Open Chrome on your computer. It’s in the All Apps area of the Start menu in Windows, and the Applications folder in macOS.

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   Click ⁝. It’s at the top-right corner of the browser. A menu will expand.

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   Select Bookmarks. Another menu will expand.

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   Click Bookmark manager. It’s near the top of the menu.

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   Click ⁝. It’s at the top-right corner of the page.

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   Click Export Bookmarks. This opens your computer’s file browser.

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   Navigate to the location where you want to save the bookmarks. If you’re using a flash drive, browse to the flash drive in the file browser.

   • If you’re going to email yourself the bookmarks, navigate to your Downloads folder (or anywhere else that’s easy to remember).

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   Click Save. Your bookmarks will save to the selected location as an HTML file. When the file is finished saving, safely eject the drive from your computer.

   • If you’re emailing the bookmarks to yourself, open your email client, compose a new message to yourself, attach the file, then click the send button.

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    Plug the flash drive into the new computer.

    • If you emailed yourself the bookmarks, log into your email account from the new computer, open the message, then download the HTML attachment.

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    Open Google Chrome on the new computer. If you want to import the bookmarks into Firefox or Safari instead, open that browser now.

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    Open the Bookmark Manager on the new computer. In Chrome, click the ⁝ at the top-right corner of the browser, select Bookmarks, then click Bookmark manager.

    • Firefox: Press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+B to open the Bookmark Manger.
    • Safari: Click the File menu, click Import From…, then select Bookmark HTML File.

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    Click ⁝. If you’re using Chrome, it’s at the top-right corner of the page. Other browser users should skip this step.

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    Click Import Bookmarks. If you’re using Chrome, this opens the computer’s file browser.

    • Firefox: Click Import & Backup, then select Import Bookmarks from HTML.
    • Safari: Skip to the next step.

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    Browse to the bookmark file. If you saved the file to a flash drive, navigate to the flash drive. If you downloaded the file from an email message, navigate to the folder in which you saved it.

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    Select the bookmark file and click Open. If you’re using Safari, click Import. This will import your bookmarks into the new browser.

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1. 1

   Plug a flash drive into your computer. A flash drive is probably the easiest way to quickly transfer your bookmarks to another computer.

   • If you don’t have a flash drive, you can attach the bookmark file to an email message instead.

2. 2

   Open Firefox on your computer. It’s in the All Apps area of the Start menu in Windows, and the Applications folder in macOS.

3. 3

   Press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+B. This opens the Bookmark Manager.

4. 4

   Click Import & Backup.

5. 5

   Click Export Bookmarks to HTML. Your computer’s file browser will appear.

6. 6

   Navigate to the location where you want to save the bookmarks. If you’re using a flash drive, browse to the flash drive in the file browser.

   • If you’re going to email yourself the bookmarks, navigate to your Downloads folder (or anywhere else that’s easy to remember).

7. 7

   Click Save. Your bookmarks will save to the selected location as an HTML file. When the file is finished saving, safely eject the drive from your computer.

   • If you’re emailing the bookmarks to yourself, open your email client, compose a new message to yourself, attach the file, then click the send button.

8. 8

   Plug the flash drive into the new computer.

   • If you emailed yourself the bookmarks, log into your email account from the new computer, open the message, then download the HTML attachment.

9. 9

   Open Firefox on the new computer. If you want to import the bookmarks into Chrome or Safari instead, open that browser now.

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    Press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+B. This opens the Bookmark Manager in Firefox on the new computer.

    • Chrome: Click the ⁝ at the top-right corner of the browser, select Bookmarks, then click Bookmark manager.
    • Safari: Click the File menu, click Import From…, then select Bookmark HTML File.

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    Click Import & Backup in Firefox. This opens your computer’s file browser.

    • Chrome: Click the ⁝ at the top-right corner of the page, then select Import Bookmarks.
    • Safari: Skip to the next step.

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    Browse to the bookmark file. If you saved the file to a flash drive, navigate to the flash drive. If you downloaded the file from an email message, navigate to the folder in which you saved it.

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    Select the bookmark file and click Open. If you’re using Safari, click Import. This will import your bookmarks into the new browser.

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• Question

  I have transfered the bookmarks and imported them, but can not see them on the bookmarks toolbar. How can I stick them there?

  Azzy Cohen

  Community Answer

  Did you sync your data to the computer you were transferring the data to? If not, you should do that now and they should show.

• Question

  Will this process add to existing bookmarks or replace existing bookmarks in target computer?

  Patrick Wood

  Community Answer

  Each browser has its own software for this process so different results are possible. In my experience the folder "tree" of the transferred set is copied but may be place under a higher-level folder. No merging of folders occurs, nor removal of duplicates. To unify the organization of your folders after a transfer, most browser support moving bookmarks from folder to folder or copying them to a new folder and deleting them at the original folder. Likewise, commonly you can move entire folders into other folders. To merge two folders into one folder, you normally cut all bookmarks in the folder to be deleted and paste them into the destination. Then delete original folder.

• Question

  Does this process save or write over the old bookmarks?

  It saves it. There’s no worry for your process to write over your old bookmarks.

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