Tech Tip – Exporting/Importing Google Chrome Bookmarks and Microsoft Edge

If you’re switching devices or need to re-install Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge from scratch but don’t want to lose your collection of bookmarks, here’s how to export and import them.

Google Chrome Export

• From Chrome’s  "Settings and More" menu (three dots at the top right) select
• "Bookmarks"
• "Bookmark manager"
• Go to the three-dot menu (at the top right of this menu) and select "Export bookmarks"
• Save the bookmarks as a html file

Microsoft Edge Export

• Click on Favourites (the small star with three stripes at the top right) or press CTRL + Shift + O
• Go to the three-dot menu (at the top right of this menu) and select "Export bookmarks"
• Save the bookmarks as a html file

Import bookmarks in Google Chrome

• Follow the same process for export shown above, but from the menu in "Bookmark manager" select "Import bookmarks" and upload your saved html file

Import bookmarks in Microsoft Edge

• Follow the same process for export shown above, but from the three dots menu select "Import bookmarks"
• From the Import Browser Data menu dropdown, select "Favourites or Bookmarks HTML File" then browse to the file containing your favourites
• upload your saved html file

Alternatively turn on Sync so you can sync all of your settings, cached passwords and bookmarks / favourites across your account to different devices by going to settings (click the three dots at the top right hand corner) and enabling the sync option in either browser.