Don’t take me wrong, Google Chrome is one of the best browsers right now, but the new Chromium build of Microsoft Edge and Firefox Quantum are pretty tempting. If you are a long time user of Chrome, this is a good time to test out the new browsers as the browser war has never been this close before. The good thing is that modern browsers have great cross-browser compatibility so you can easily export bookmarks and settings across browsers without a hitch. This does make it easier to switch browsers. In this article, I have included all the information you need to export Chrome bookmarks to other popular browsers. So without further ado, let’s get started.
There are two ways to export Chrome bookmarks. First, you can export the bookmarks in an HTML file which can be imported to other browsers manually. The other option is to directly sync the bookmarks to another installed browsers on your PC. In this section, we will show you both the ways so that you can choose accordingly.
Steps to Export Chrome Bookmarks
Click on the 3-dot menu on the top-right corner and click on Bookmarks. It will expand to a new menu, here click on “Bookmark manager”.
Chrome bookmarks will be finally exported in an HTML file. Now you can import it to any browser you want.
In case you have already installed a browser on your PC, you can easily sync the bookmarks without exporting and importing the bookmarks manually. Here is how it’s done.
- You are done. In this case, the bookmarks have been perfectly synced with Microsoft Edge in just a few clicks.
Sometimes direct syncing does not work well because of various technical errors. So if you want to manually import Chrome bookmarks to Microsoft Edge, follow these steps. We will also show how you can import bookmarks on Chromium build of Microsoft Edge.
- Now select the Chrome’s bookmark file which was exported in HTML format and click on the “Open” button.
Import Bookmarks in Chromium Build of Microsoft Edge
Open Microsoft Edge and press CTRL+Shift+O. It will open the Favorites page, here click on “Import Favorites” on the bottom-left corner.
Finally, click on the “Done” button.
Import Chrome Bookmarks to Mobile version of Microsoft Edge
There is no manual way to import bookmarks from Chrome to mobile version of Edge. However, you can sign in with your Microsoft account both on the desktop and mobile version of Edge to sync all the bookmark between desktop and mobile device. This way you will have all the Chrome bookmarks on your mobile device without messing around with bookmark files.
Open Safari and click on the “File” menu. After that, click on “Import From” and open “Bookmarks HTML File”.
Now select the exported bookmark file and click on the “Import” button.
Import Chrome Bookmarks to Safari Mobile Browser
Similar to Microsoft Edge, you can’t directly import bookmarks on Safari mobile browser. You need to sign in with your Apple ID on your Mac and iPhone/iPad. iCloud will sync all the changes in Safari and then you can access the exported bookmarks on your mobile device.
Open Firefox browser and press CTRL+SHIFT+B to open Bookmark Manager. Here, click on “Import and Backup” and open “Import Bookmarks from HTML”.
Thereafter, choose the bookmark HTML file and click on the “Open” button. Now, close the window.
Import Chrome Bookmarks to Firefox Mobile Browser
To have Chrome bookmarks on Firefox mobile browser, create a Firefox account. After that, sign into Firefox browser both on desktop and mobile. Once the sync is complete, you will see all the Chrome exported bookmarks on your Firefox mobile browser.
Open Opera browser and click on the settings icon on top-right corner. Scroll to the bottom and you would find “Import bookmarks and settings” button. Click on it.
After that, open the drop-down menu and choose “Bookmarks HTML file”. Further, click on the “Choose file” button.
Import Chrome Bookmarks to Opera Mobile Browser
Similar to other browsers, you can’t import Chrome bookmarks on your mobile browser directly. All you have to do is create an Opera account and log in to Opera browser on both desktop and mobile. The bookmarks will sync with your Opera account and in turn, you will be able to access all the bookmarks on your Opera mobile browser.
