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You can save a copy of your Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey or Firefox [[bookmarks]] to a file, using the Export feature of the Bookmarks Manager:
You can save a copy of your [[bookmarks]] to an HTML file, using the Export feature of the Bookmarks Manager.
 
* '''Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey:''' "Bookmarks -> Manage Bookmarks... -> Tools -> Export..."
* '''Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey:''' "Bookmarks -> Manage Bookmarks... -> Tools -> Export..."
* '''Firefox 2 and below:''': "Bookmarks -> Organize (or Manage) Bookmarks... -> File -> Export..."
* '''Firefox 2 and below:''': "Bookmarks -> Organize (or Manage) Bookmarks... -> File -> Export..."
* '''Firefox 3:''' "Bookmarks -> Organize Bookmarks -> Import and Backup -> Export HTML...".  <br>Note: In Firefox 3, "Import and Backup -> Export HTML..." will save a bookmarks file in HTML format which can be imported with any browser.  ("Import and Backup -> Backup..." will save a bookmarks file in JSON format which can only be restored in Firefox 3.)
* '''Firefox 3 and above:''' "Bookmarks -> Organize Bookmarks -> Import and Backup -> Export HTML..."   
 
**If "Export HTML..." does not work (no bookmarks HTML file is saved) see [[Unable to export bookmarks to HTML file - Firefox]].
   
Bookmarks exported to an HTML file can be used for backup, in case of future problems with your bookmarks,  and can also be used for importing bookmarks into another browser.  See  [[Import bookmarks]]  and [[Lost bookmarks#Restoring bookmarks from backup|Restoring bookmarks from backup]] for more information.   


An exported bookmarks file can be saved for backup, in case of future problems with your bookmarks (see [[Lost bookmarks#Restoring bookmarks from backup|Lost bookmarks - Restoring bookmarks from backup]]).  You can also transfer bookmarks saved in HTML format to another Mozilla application or [[profile folder|profile]] using the [[Import_bookmarks#Import_from_file|Import from file]] feature of the Bookmarks Manager. 
'''Note:''' In Firefox 3 and above, you can automatically export your bookmarks at exit to the [[Profile folder - Firefox|Firefox profile folder]] "bookmarks.html" file by setting [[browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML]] to '''true''' in [[about:config]] but this may delay browser shutdown if you have many bookmarks[http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=3354305#p3354305] You can set the name and location of that HTML backup via the preference [[browser.bookmarks.file]]. [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=7154535#p7154535]




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Latest revision as of 10:45, 8 December 2010

You can save a copy of your bookmarks to an HTML file, using the Export feature of the Bookmarks Manager.

  • Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey: "Bookmarks -> Manage Bookmarks... -> Tools -> Export..."
  • Firefox 2 and below:: "Bookmarks -> Organize (or Manage) Bookmarks... -> File -> Export..."
  • Firefox 3 and above: "Bookmarks -> Organize Bookmarks -> Import and Backup -> Export HTML..."

Bookmarks exported to an HTML file can be used for backup, in case of future problems with your bookmarks, and can also be used for importing bookmarks into another browser. See Import bookmarks and Restoring bookmarks from backup for more information.

Note: In Firefox 3 and above, you can automatically export your bookmarks at exit to the Firefox profile folder "bookmarks.html" file by setting browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML to true in about:config but this may delay browser shutdown if you have many bookmarks. [1] You can set the name and location of that HTML backup via the preference browser.bookmarks.file. [2]