Back Up Your Bookmarks on Mozilla Firefox

If you have Mozilla Firefox, and have a lot of bookmarks (favorites), then you might want to read this article to know how to back them up. This is also very useful if you want to take your bookmarks and put them on a different computer.

Steps

In Firefox 9

  1. Go to the orange Firefox tab at the top left of the Firefox window.
  2. Select Bookmarks. A "Library" window should open.
  3. Select Import and Backup at the top of the new window. Select the "Backup" task.

Backing Up Your Bookmarks

  1. Open up your bookmarks and go to "Organize Bookmarks"
  2. Select all your bookmarks.
  3. Select "export" in the file menu.


    • NOTE: Under Mozilla Firefox V 3.6.10, go to the "Import and Backup" tab in the top margin.
    • Select "Export to HTML".
  4. Select your save location and file name

Installing Bookmarks

  1. Go to the Bookmarks tab, then "Show all Bookmarks"
  2. Click "Import and Backup"
  3. Select "Import bookmark from HTML"
  4. Select the Bookmarks html.
  5. Click "Open"



Tips

  • You can save this to a flash drive, or a CD/floppy or you can transfer it to another computer for keeping there. You can also keep a copy on your computer, in case your bookmarks are deleted.

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