Saving your browser's bookmarks: by account, or export/import method for Chrome

This article covers the steps necessary to export/import existing bookmarks from/to a Chrome browser.

If you didn’t sign into your browser on your old system, follow the How To guides below to first export your bookmarks from your old Chrome browser, then on the new OS, follow the How To guide to import them into your browser of choice.

For the other method of getting your old bookmarks into your new Win 11 system:  Edge, Firefox, and Chrome are account-based, which means that whatever browser account you used on your old OS can be used again when using the same browser of choice in your new Win 11.  Just click the profile icon in the upper-right corner of your browser, select sign-in, then use the same account used in your previous OS. 
 

HOW TO EXPORT BOOKMARKS_CHROME

1. Open Chrome, select the 3 stacked dots in the upper-right hand corner of the Chrome browser, then choose the options for “Bookmarks and lists” then “Bookmark manager”:

 

2.   In the Bookmarks Manager window, select the 3 stacked dots in the top right-hand corner:
    
3. In the drop-down window, select the option to “Export bookmarks”:
    
4.   Select your location to store this bookmark file, then hit “Save”:

And that’s it.  Your new HTML bookmarks file is ready for importing into your browser of choice. 
 

IMPORTING YOUR BOOKMARKS_CHROME

1.   Open your Chrome browser.  If using for the first time, just select the option to “Don’t sign in” for this operation:
    
2. (If using for the first time, in the next window just hit “Skip”):
    
3. In the next window click the 3 stacked dots in the upper-right corner of the browser, choose the drop-down option “Bookmarks and lists”, then select “Bookmarks manager”:
    
4.      In the next window, in the upper-right corner, select the 3 stacked dots on the page (not the ones on the browser above it)

5.   In the drop-down window, select the option, “Import bookmarks”:
   
   
    
6. In the next window select the drop-down menu and click on the option, “Bookmarks HTML File” then “Import”:

 

7.   In the next window navigate to the place on your computer where you saved your Bookmarks as an HTML file, select the file then hit “Open”:

 

8.   In the next window confirm that your Bookmarks imported successfully, then hit Done.

And that's it.  You can confirm they imported by opening a new Chrome browser, selecting the Bookmarks And Lists menu option again (from step 3), then selecting "Show All Bookmarks".