How to Combine IE and Chrome Bookmarks

Each Web browser stores its bookmarks in a separate location on your system.

Internet Explorer, or IE, and Google Chrome use different bookmark systems and store your bookmarks in different places. However, you can combine the bookmarks from both browsers by importing them from one browser into the other. Chrome can import your IE bookmarks directly, but IE can only import Chrome's bookmarks after you export your Chrome bookmarks to an HTML file. Changes you make to one browser's bookmarks won't be automatically reflected in the other browser's bookmarks until you re-import them.

Instructions

Combine in Chrome

1. Open Google Chrome, click the wrench menu at the top right corner of the Google Chrome window and select "Options."

2. Click the "Personal Stuff" option at the left side of the Options page.

3. Click the "Import Data from Another Browser" button to the right of "Browsing Data."

4. Click the "From" box and select "Microsoft Internet Explorer."

5. Uncheck the "Browsing History," "Saved Passwords" and "Search Engines" check boxes by clicking them, leaving "Favorites/Bookmarks" checked.

6. Click the "Import" button.

Combine in IE

1. Open Google Chrome, click the wrench menu at the top right corner of the window and select "Bookmark Manager."

2. Click the "Organize" menu on the Bookmark Manager page and select "Export Bookmarks."

3. Click the "Save" button to save your Chrome bookmarks as an HTML file.

4. Open IE and click the star icon on its toolbar to open the Favorites pane.

5. Click the arrow to the right of "Add to Favorites" and select "Import and Export."

6. Click "Import From a File" and "Next."

7. Click the "Favorites" check box and click "Next."

8. Click the "Browse" button, browse to the saved bookmarks file on your computer, double-click it and click "Next."

9. Click "Import" and click "Finish."

References

• Google: Import Settings From Another Browser
• Microsoft Windows: Import or Export Favorites in Internet Explorer
• Google: Import or Export Bookmarks