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How to Back Up Chrome Bookmarks Without Using Sync

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Dinsan

Updated

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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About the author

Written by

Dinsan

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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