Although there are several third-party software programs that
will enable you to backup, restore, and manage your Internet
browser bookmarks or favorites, all modern browsers today
include bookmark managers and are capable of backing up and
restoring your bookmarks or favorites. Below is a listing of
each of the major browsers and how to backup and recover
your Internet bookmarks or favorites.
If you've considered moving from one browser to
another you can often backup your bookmarks in one browser
and then follow the below restore tips to import those
bookmarks into your new browser.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Note: By default, Microsoft Internet Explorer will save your
bookmarks as bookmark.htm.
Internet Explorer 5.0 and above users backing up favorites.
1. Within Internet Explorer, click the File menu and Import and
Export.
2. Within the Import and Export window click Next.
3. Click Export Favorites and click Next.
4. Select the folder you wish to backup; if you wish to backup all
favorites, leave the Favorites folder highlighted and click Next.
5. Select the destination you wish to save the favorites and click
Next.
6. Click Finish.
Internet Explorer 5.0 and above recovering backup files from
an Internet Explorer or Netscape backup.
1. Within Internet Explorer, click the File menu and Import and
Export.
2. Within the Import and Export window click Next.
3. Click Import Favorites and click Next.
4. Select the location that contains your favorites and click Next.
5. Select where you wish to save your favorites and click Next.
6. Click Finish.
Mozilla Firefox
Recent versions of Firefox backup
1. Open Mozilla Firefox.
2. Click Bookmarks and then Organize Bookmarks.
3. Click Export HTML or Click Import and Backup and then
Backup. We suggest Exporting to HTML since all browsers
support the ability to easily read these files.
4. Type the filename you wish to save the file as and the
destination and then click the Save button.
Recovering favorites in recent versions of Firefox
1. Open Mozilla Firefox.
2. Click Bookmarks and then Organize Bookmarks.
3. Click Import and Backup.
4. If the file is a JSON file click Restore and choose file. If the file
is a .HTM/.HTML file or other browser file click Import
HTML and follow the import wizard.
Other versions of Firefox backup
1. Open Mozilla Firefox.
2. Click Bookmarks and then Manage Bookmarks.
3. In the Bookmarks Manager window click File and choose
Export.
4. By default your bookmarks file will be called bookmarks.html.
Choose the location you wish to save the bookmarks file to
and click the Save button.
Netscape
Note: By default, Netscape will save your bookmarks as
bookmarks.html.
Netscape Communicator / Netscape 7.0 and above users
backing up bookmarks
1. Within Netscape, click Bookmarks and "Manage
Bookmarks..." or CTRL+B.
2. Within the Bookmark manager click Tools and Export
3. Select where you wish to export the file and click ok.
Netscape Communicator / Netscape 7.0 and above users
recovering backup files from Netscape backup or Internet
Explorer.
1. Within Netscape, click Bookmarks and "Manage
Bookmarks..." or CTRL+B.
2. Within the Bookmark manager click Tools and Import
3. Select the file you wish to Import and click open.
Opera
Note: By default, Opera will save your bookmarks as
Opera6.adr. If your version of Opera is not 6, this filename
may change.
Opera users backing up your bookmarks
1. Within Opera, click the File menu and Export.
2. Select the destination to where you wish to save the backup of
your favorites to and click Save.
Opera users recovering a backup of your bookmarks.
1. Within Opera, click the File menu and Import.
2. Select "Opera bookmarks", "Netscape bookmarks", or
"Internet Explorer favorites" depending on what bookmarks
or favorites you wish to recover.
3. Select the file or folder you wish to recover.
4. Click ok.