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Quick guide to export your favorites from Mozilla Firefox
Export and Backup: Step-by-Step Guide
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How to export Firefox bookmarks

If you want to export and backup your bookmarks in Firefox to, for example, import them to the browser on another computer or to another browser , you have two possibilities. With the first variant, you must create an HTML file that you can reuse both in Firefox and in another browser. With the second variant, a backup will be created that can only be processed by Firefox. In this article we will clarify, step by step, the two variants to export bookmarks from Firefox..

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  1. Quick guide to export your favorites from Mozilla Firefox
  2. Export and Backup: Step-by-Step Guide

Quick guide to export your favorites from Mozilla Firefox

As we have said before, you have two possibilities to export your bookmarks. The first variant to export successfully is done in these steps:

  • Open the browser, click at the top on? Bookmarks ? and then about? Show all bookmarks ?. All the bookmarks are exposed there and can be edited. To open the bookmarks section, it is even easier to use the keyboard shortcut [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [B] .
  • Then select the option? Import and backup ?. In the next step, at the bottom, the point? Export bookmarks ... ?. Click on that point.
  • A new window opens. Select where you want to save them and name the file. Clicking ? Save ?, your Firefox bookmarks will be exported to an HTML file.

The second variant is to back up the markers. It is done in the following way:

  • To backup only bookmarks (and not export), do you have to go back to the menu? Bookmarks ? Y ? Show all bookmarks ? to manage them. Likewise, you will arrive with the keyboard shortcut [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [B] .
  • Click on? Import and backup ? and then about? Copy ?.
  • Select the place where you want to save them and the file name. Finally, click? Save ? Next, a JSON file will be created that Firefox will access automatically after a restore. However, no other browser can use the file.

Export and Backup: Step-by-Step Guide

1. First step: select? Show all bookmarks ? or use the keyboard shortcut [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [B] .

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2. Second step: click? Import and backup ? and then on? Export bookmarks ... ? (to export) or in? Copy ? (to back up)..

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Click? Export Bookmarks ?? (? Export Bookmarks to HTML?) To export your bookmarks (first option).
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Select? Copy? or? Backup? to copy your favorite links in Firefox (second option).

3. Third step: determine the place where you want to save and the name of the file and click on? Save ?

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