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How to Back Up Chrome Bookmarks Without Using Sync

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You don’t need Chrome Sync to back up your bookmarks. Chrome has a built-in export feature that saves them all to a single file you can store anywhere.

How to Export Your Bookmarks

  1. Click the three dots in the top right corner, then go to Bookmarks and lists > Bookmark manager.
  2. Click the three dots in the bookmark manager and select Export bookmarks.
  3. Choose where to save the HTML file, like a cloud drive or USB stick.

How to Import Them Back

  1. Open the Bookmark manager again.
  2. Click the three dots and select Import bookmarks.
  3. Choose the HTML file you exported earlier.

Quick Tips

  • Export your bookmarks every so often if you keep sync turned off, so you always have a recent backup.
  • The exported file works in any browser, not just Chrome, so it’s also useful if you ever switch browsers.

Now you have a portable backup of your bookmarks that doesn’t depend on signing into Chrome Sync at all.

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Dinsan Francis is the founder of Chrome Story, which he started in 2009 — the same year Google launched Chrome. He has covered the Chrome browser and Chromebook ecosystem for over 15 years and has used Chromebooks as his primary computing device since 2010. He’s always on the bleeding edge, running the Canary build of both Chrome and ChromeOS as daily drivers.

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6 responses to “How to Back Up Chrome Bookmarks Without Using Sync”

  1. sonysan Avatar
    sonysan

    How about to use bookmarks export to html file?!
    You can import this html file on every another chrome browser!

    Reply
  2. Victor Avatar
    Victor

    I would think the following is simpler.

    1. Bookmark manager
    2. Organize->Export to HTML

    Reply
  3. Jeremy Avatar
    Jeremy

    Is it just me or is google development starting to suck? I used to rely on google toolbar bookmarks for so many things, and now it’s become a big pain in the butt to sync with my other computers. Nothing more frustrating than finding a good website at work, and then trying to find it again at home. I dont want to manually export HTML!!! Wake up google!

    Reply
    1. Victor Avatar
      Victor

      They have discontinued that in order to promote Google Chrome, which has syncing features (apps, bookmarks, settings, preferences, etc).

      Install Chrome. 😉

      Reply
  4. Debbie Lynn Cannady Avatar
    Debbie Lynn Cannady

    I have a question about this. Can you explain this more clearly step by step? I tried doing this, then dropbox wanted to know what program to use to open bookmarks in on my tablet. Don’t understand!

    Reply

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