How to Export Bookmarks from Chrome

The answer

To export bookmarks from Chrome, open the Bookmark Manager, choose Export bookmarks from its menu, and save the HTML file. The steps are the same on Windows, Mac and Linux.

1. Open Chrome on the computer (the export option is not available in the phone app).
2. Open the Bookmark Manager: press Ctrl+Shift+O on Windows or Linux, or Cmd+Option+B on Mac. Or click the three-dot menu at the top right, then Bookmarks and lists, then Bookmark Manager.
3. In the Bookmark Manager, click the three-dot menu at the top right of the page (the one inside the manager, not Chrome's main menu).
4. Click Export bookmarks.
5. Choose where to save the file and click Save. Chrome names it bookmarks_ followed by the date, ending in .html, for example bookmarks_3_14_25.html.

Importing the file elsewhere

To use the file in another browser, open that browser's import option and choose "Bookmarks HTML file" (or similar). In Chrome itself, open the same Bookmark Manager menu and click Import bookmarks, then select the file.

If you only need them synced

If you just want your bookmarks on another computer with Chrome, sign in to the same Google account and turn on sync instead; no file is needed.

Example

You press Ctrl+Shift+O, click the three dots in the Bookmark Manager, click Export bookmarks, and save to the Desktop. You get a file like bookmarks_3_14_25.html. Copy it to a USB stick or email it to yourself, then in Firefox choose Import and Backup, Import Bookmarks from HTML, and select that file.

Where people go wrong

• Clicking Chrome's main three-dot menu instead of the one inside the Bookmark Manager page. Export bookmarks only appears in the manager's own menu.

• Looking for the export option in the Chrome phone app. It doesn't exist there; use a computer, or sign in with sync.

• Exporting and then forgetting where it saved. Pick a clear location like Desktop or Documents in the save dialog.

• Expecting passwords or history in the file. It contains only bookmarks; export passwords separately from Google Password Manager settings.

The prompt you could have used

I use Chrome on Windows 11. Give me step-by-step instructions to export all my bookmarks to an HTML file, and then import that file into Firefox.