How to Export Bookmarks from Chrome

This article shows you how to download Google Chrome bookmarks as files on your Windows computer or on Mac. You can upload the exported bookmarks file to another browser to view the bookmarks there. Note, you cannot export Chrome bookmarks from the Chrome mobile app.

Table of Contents

Steps

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Open

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Google Chrome by double-clicking the app with the red, yellow, green and blue spherical icon.

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Click the ⋮ icon in the upper-right corner of the window to open a selection list.

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Select the Bookmarks icon near the top of the selection list. The screen will display another menu.

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Click Bookmark manager in the displayed window. This is the operation to open the Bookmarks Manager window in a new tab.

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Open the Bookmarks menu by clicking the ⋮ icon in the upper right corner of the blue bar displayed above the Bookmarks window. You will see a list of options appear on the screen.

Make sure you don’t click the ⋮ icon to the right of each bookmark or in the upper-right corner of the gray part of the Chrome window, as these two menus don’t contain the options to use.

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Click Export bookmarks in the drop-down list. This is to open a File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac) window.

If you don’t see Export bookmarks , you clicked the inappropriate ⋮ icon.

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Enter name. Type the name you want to give the bookmark file.

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Select the save folder. You will click on the folder where you want to save the bookmark file (such as Desktop ) in the left part of the window.

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Click Save in the lower-right corner of the window.

Advice

Although you can’t export your bookmarks file to your phone’s browser, you can still access your computer’s Google Chrome bookmarks on your smartphone or tablet by opening the Chrome app and signing in to your account. Google account you are using on your computer’s Chrome browser.

Warning

You can’t export bookmarks from the Chrome app on your phone.

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Advice

Warning

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