Manage your Web Browser Favorites & Bookmarks

You can add your frequently-used websites as bookmarks to your preferred web browser. You can also export and import your bookmarks to backup or transfer them.

Google Chrome icon  Google Chrome

  1. Open Google Chrome.
  2. Go to the site you want to visit again in the future.
  3. To the right of the address bar, click Star Star.
To open bookmarks faster, use the bookmarks bar. Your bookmarks will show under the address bar. Click a bookmark to open it. To turn the bookmarks bar on or off, click More More> Bookmarks > Show Bookmarks Bar.
To take all your Chrome bookmarks with you, simply export them.
  1. At the top right, click More More..
  2. Select Bookmarks > Bookmark Manager.
  3. At the top, click More More > Export Bookmarks.
To import your bookmarks from an exported file:
  1. At the top right, click More More.
  2. Select Bookmarks > Bookmark Manager.
  3. At the top, click More More > Import Bookmarks.

Firefox icon Mozilla Firefox

  1. Open Mozilla Firefox.
  2. Go to the site you want to visit again in the future, and click the star in the address bar.

    Click on the star in the address bar.

    The star will turn blue when the page is bookmarked and a window will pop up so you can name, move, or tag your bookmark.
To backup or export your Firefox bookmarks:
  1. Click the Library button Library button , then click Bookmarks. Scroll to the bottom and click Show all bookmarks.
  2. In the Library window, click the Import and Backup button Import and Backup button and then select Backup....
  3. In the Bookmarks backup filename window that opens, choose a location to save the file, which is named bookmarks-"date".json by default. Your Documents directory is usually a good spot, but any place that is easy to remember will work.
  4. Save the bookmarks json file. The Bookmarks backup filename window will close and then you can close the Library window.
To restore or import your Firefox bookmarks:
  1. Click the Library button Library button , then click Bookmarks. Scroll to the bottom and click Show all bookmarks.
  2. In the Library window, click the Import and Backup button Import and Backup button and then select Restore.
  3. Select the backup from which you want to restore. Choose File... lets you restore from a manual backup (see above).
  4. After choosing a backup, your bookmarks from that file will be restored. Close the Library window.


Keywords:
web,browser,favorites,bookmarks,chrome,internet,explorer,firefox 
Doc ID:
88258
Owned by:
IT Helpdesk in FVTC
Created:
2018-12-06
Updated:
2026-07-09
Sites:
Fox Valley Technical College