How to Export and Save Your Bookmarks from Firefox

By MattLax

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Your bookmarks on your computer are easily exported and saved from Firefox so that you can back up, share or use them on another computer.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Step1
Open up a Firefox window.
Step2
Click on the “Bookmarks” menu and select “Manage Bookmarks...”
Step3
Click on the “File” menu and select “Export” in the window that pops up.
Step4
Give your bookmarks whatever title you like and choose a location to save them, in the save window that comes up.
Step5
Open this file on any computer with a Web browser and click on the links to go to each bookmark, now that your bookmarks are saved as an HTML file. Or you can import them into the bookmarks or favorites menu of another computer. To learn how to do this, read the how-to right here on eHow.

Tips & Warnings

  • You can find articles on doing this same thing in Internet Explorer and on importing bookmarks or favorites right here in eHow.

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zuni said

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on 11/26/2007 my firefox doesn't have a "manage bookmarks" tab - just "organize bookmarks"

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on 12/12/2007 It's export you're looking for.

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