# Transferring my Google Chrome bookmarks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-my-google-chrome-bookmarks/575469>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 21, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-my-google-chrome-bookmarks/575469 "2011-03-21T13:59:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-my-google-chrome-bookmarks/575469/1 "2011-03-21T13:59:42Z")

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At work I have two computers full of bookmarks that represent hundreds of hours of web surfing and general slacking. We’re getting new computers though and I’d like to transfer them off the old ones.

Is there an easy way to do it?

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**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-my-google-chrome-bookmarks/575469/2 "2011-03-21T16:41:25Z")

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Chrome exports its bookmarks as an html file, which you can transfer to a flashdrive and then reload once the new machine is in place. Click on the spanner, then Bookmark Manager, then under Organize you’ll find Export Bookmarks.

Grim

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-my-google-chrome-bookmarks/575469/3 "2011-03-21T16:59:21Z")

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If you’ve got a gmail account, you can synchronise your bookmarks via that.

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**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-my-google-chrome-bookmarks/575469/4 "2011-03-21T23:28:50Z")

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> [@grimpixie](#):
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> Chrome exports its bookmarks as an html file, which you can transfer to a flashdrive and then reload once the new machine is in place. Click on the spanner, then Bookmark Manager, then under Organize you’ll find Export Bookmarks.
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> Grim

Thank you.

‘Spanner’…heh, that year studying in England still pays off.

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**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-my-google-chrome-bookmarks/575469/5 "2011-03-21T23:42:14Z")

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[Xmarks](http://www.xmarks.com/) can let you sync bookmarks between browsers. It’s more than what you need right now, but I find it very convenient for keeping my bookmarks organized between multiple computers.

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**Author:** ![BorgHunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@BorgHunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BorgHunter)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-my-google-chrome-bookmarks/575469/6 "2011-03-22T02:17:20Z")

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> [@Strinka](#):
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> [Xmarks](http://www.xmarks.com/) can let you sync bookmarks between browsers. It’s more than what you need right now, but I find it very convenient for keeping my bookmarks organized between multiple computers.

Not necessary. Chrome has built-in syncing capabilities.

EDIT: Missed “between browsers”. Not sure if the OP means between Chrome and something else, but that’s obviously something the built-in Chrome sync can’t do.