How to Import and Export Bookmarks via HTML in Firefox

   Information

This tutorial will show you how to easily export and import your bookmarks in the Mozilla Firefox web browser using HTML files.

As well as acting as a backup of your bookmarks this is also a handy way of moving your bookmarks between operating systems and between browsers.

HTML files saved in earlier versions of Firefox are compatible with later versions of Firefox.

   Note

Firefox saves your bookmarks to the places.sqlite file in your profile folder in the hidden folder below.

%AppData%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles

Profiles - Where Firefox stores your bookmarks, passwords and other user data | Firefox Help

Option One: Export Bookmarks to HTML
Option Two: Automatically Export Bookmarks to HTML
Option Three: Import Bookmarks from an HTML File

OPTION ONE

 Export Bookmarks to an HTML File

1: Click/tap on the Bookmarks tab then click/tap on Show All Bookmarks. The Library window will open.

2: Click/tap on the Import and Backup dropdown box then click/tap on Export Bookmarks to HTML

3: Navigate to your chosen file destination, name your file and click/tap on Save

4: You can now close the Library window

OPTION TWO

 Automatically Export Bookmarks to an HTML File

1: With Firefox open, click/tap on a new tab then in the address box type in or copy and paste about:config. Click/tap on the Go arrow at the end of the address bar.

2: Click/tap on I'll be careful, I promise! to proceed.

3: Scroll down to the browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML entry then double click/tap anywhere on the entry line to change the value to True. Your bookmarks will now be automatically backed up to an HTML file.

NOTE: Automatic backups will be saved to C:\Users\your user name\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\bookmarks

NOTE: To turn off bookmarks being automatically backed up follow Option Two to Step 3, right click anywhere on the browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML entry and click/tap on Reset to change the value back to False.

OPTION THREE

 Import Bookmarks from an HTML File

1: Click/tap on the Bookmarks tab then click/tap on Show All Bookmarks. The Library window will open.

2: Click/tap on the Import and Backup dropdown box then click/tap on Import Bookmarks from HTML

3: Navigate to your saved HTML file destination and click/tap on the HTML file you wish to restore

4: Your bookmarks will now be restored to Firefox and you can close the Library window.

That's it,
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