Backing up bookmarks in Google Chrome

How to back up your bookmarks in Google Chrome to transfer them to a new computer.
If you are signed in to Google Chrome with a Google account with sync enabled your bookmarks with transfer automatically and you will not need to follow this guide.

Backing up your bookmarks

Start by clicking the 3 dots in the top right corner of the window and navigate to Bookmarks > Bookmark Manager

google chrome main menu bookmarks manager

Once in bookmarks manager select the 3 dots menu on that page

bookmarks manager 3 dots

From that menu select export bookmarks

export bookmarks

Save the file to your Box account in a place where you can easily retrieve it on your new computer

save to box




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Doc ID:
113288
Owned by:
Matthew A. in University of Illinois Extension KB
Created:
2021-08-26
Updated:
2024-05-15
Sites:
University of Illinois Extension KB