How to Import and Export Bookmarks

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Open Internet Explorer.

   Click the "Star" on the upper right of the browser then click "Add to favorites". ,,, then click the Next button to continue.
   
   What you select next will depend on what option you clicked. , If you choose to import your settings from another browser, Internet Explorer can import your bookmarks, settings and other saved files from Safari for WIndows or Google Chrome, so click the appropriate checkbox then click "Next" and "Next" again to save your saved files in Explorer. , Click the Next button to continue. ,, YOu won't need to complete this step, if you've exported them; but you will need to know exactly where this saved page is to complete the export to other browsers. , Click the "Export to a file" option then Next button to continue.
   
   Make sure that "Favorites" box is checked and click "Next" then select the folder of bookmarks/favorites you'd like to export and click "Next".
   
   Watch the location it will save the HTML file to; by default it saves your file in your personal Documents folder then click the "Export" button. ,, (On older versions, you'll have to select the Bookmarks" option from the bookmarks section of the toolbar.) Click the toolbar option at the top right corner of the screen that looks like a clipboard with a piece of lined paper on it, and select "Show all bookmarks". ,, You'll have two choices to choose from.
   
   Choose either "Import Bookmarks from HTML" or "Export Bookmarks to HTML". ,, This will either load your bookmarks from the HTML file you saved (when importing) or save the file for loading onto another browser (when exporting) where you'll be able to take over. ,,, Currently, you're only able to import them from Internet Explorer (and thereby Edge too) as well as Mozilla Firefox. ,,,,, The menu button can be found in the upper right corner of the screen. ,,, THis file it creates can be opened in another browser for importation using that other browser's method of importing.
   
   Click the "Save" button to begin the export (which should only take a matter of a moment or two. ,)., Edge is only available for Windows
   10. ,, Click the "View favorites settings" button that is right underneath this heading. , Edge can only import your bookmarks from Google Chrome (if installed), but if you want to import them from other browsers, you'll need to open up Internet Explorer and run the import tool from there, as these require alternate details that Edge was not built to handle.,
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   Step 2: Bookmark the page.

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   Step 3: Open up the temporary Menu toolbar by pressing the Alt key when your system is focused on Internet Explorer

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   Step 4: and select File from that menu/toolbar.

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   Step 5: Select Import and export".

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   Step 6: Select either the Import from another browser option or Import file or Export file options.

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   Step 7: Choose your process/route for your bookmarks and settings.

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   Step 8: Find and select what file you want to export or import by ticking the box

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   Step 9: if you've chosen either the "Import from a file" or "Export to a file".

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    Step 10: Browse for the location to save or load the bookmarks to or from then click the next button to run the tool.

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    Step 11: Click the "Finish" button to continue and see your bookmarks which can be viewed in your Favorites bar

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    Step 12: through the favorites toolbar or through the Favorites option in your personal folder (which could be on your personal Windows desktop).

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    Step 13: Export your bookmarks to other browsers

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    Step 14: if you've chosen to Export them.

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    Step 15: Open Mozilla Firefox

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    Step 16: Open the Show All Bookmarks menu

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    Step 17: from the newest versions of Firefox.

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    Step 18: Click the Import and Backup option from the window that appears.

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    Step 19: Select whether to import or export your bookmarks.

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    Step 20: Browse for the location to save/load the bookmarks

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    Step 21: Click either the Open (when importing) or "Save" (when exporting) button to continue.

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    Step 22: Open up Google Chrome.

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    Step 23: Click the Menu button/triple-beam bar icon that appears next to the Chrome extensions you have near the top right corner of the browser and select the "Bookmarks" option then click the "Import bookmarks and settings" option that displays in the drop-down menu.

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    Step 24: Select the browser you'd like to import your bookmarks from

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    Step 25: from the "From" drop-down box

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    Step 26: if your browser isn't listed select the "Bookmarks HTML File".

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    Step 27: Tick (or make sure) the Favorites/Bookmarks option (is ticked).

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    Step 28: Click the "Import" button.

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    Step 29: Look for the "Imported from (browser)" folder to be located on Chrome's browser bookmarks bar and/or inside the Bookmarks option from the "Menu" button which is where these imported bookmarks can be found.

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    Step 30: Open up Chrome.

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    Step 31: View the Chrome Menu button (triple beam bar) and click the Bookmarks option then click the "Bookmarks Menu" sub-option from each of these drop-downs.

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    Step 32: Click the "Organize" button which is above the list of bookmarks you have already bookmarked.

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    Step 33: Click the "Export bookmarks to HTML file".

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    Step 34: Select the HTML file you'd like to save/export it to.

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    Step 35: Recognize that Edge only provides a way to import your bookmarks and doesn't provide a way to export them out (through a Copy and Paste of each bookmark which can take quite a long time

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    Step 36: or you could switch over by Opening Internet Explorer by clicking the same button and clicking "Open in Internet Explorer" then using the Exporting options to create the file for these other browsers to use.

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    Step 37: Open your Edge browser on your Windows 10 computer.

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    Step 38: Select the button at the top right corner of your browser that looks like three dots in a horizontal row and select the "Settings" option.

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    Step 39: Scroll down until you see a "Favorites" settings option.

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    Step 40: Tick the checkbox to the browsers you'd like to import your bookmarks from.

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    Step 41: .Click the "Import" button.

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