Internet browsing allows us to visit our favorite websites and sites with complete peace of mind through the most popular browsers such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox either Microsoft Edge, the latest version of the most popular browser Microsoft. Luckily, thanks to internet browsers we can save our favorite sites thanks to Favorites or Bookmarks, shortcuts that we can save through the browser itself. However, the latest versions of Edge present certain setbacks in relation to the synchronization of devices based on Windows 10 that can overwrite our favorites, even deleting our list of regular websites with no option to recover it. Luckily, we have options import and export of favorites, which allows us to recover Favorites lists that Edge has deleted by mistake. Below, we offer you a guide to import and export our favorites between Edge and other browsers.
How to import and export Favorites in Edge
The first thing we must take into account is that the Favorites either Markers other browsers are enabled and fully operational. It is always advisable to have a recovery file of our Favorites so we can import them in case Edge loses our list; Later we will show you how generate this recovery file.
Export favorites from Microsoft Edge
To export our favorites from Edge we just have to go to the icon Settings and more, represented by three dots (…), located in the upper right corner of the screen.
Once we click on said icon, the Microsoft Edge options menu; Now we must go to Setting and from there to Import from another browser to access Edge's export and import options.
Now we can access Export favorites through the icon itself.
In the next window we can generate a html file with the name we consider, but we must always make sure that it is the HTML format, which is the type of files for exporting favorites between Edge itself and other browsers.
To display bookmarks from another browser, such as Google Chrome either Mozilla Firefox, we must access the Settings and favorites, then Import favorites and Setting. We will access the following window:
Thus, we can now bring our favorites from Edge to other browsers.
Import favorites to Microsoft Edge
To import favorites or bookmarks from other browsers we must follow a process very similar to the previous one. Thus, again we must access the icon Settings and more, represented by three dots (…), located in the upper right corner of the screen.
Once we click on said icon, the Microsoft Edge options menu; Now we must go to Setting and from there to Import from another browser to access Edge's export and import options.
Depending on the Edge version we use, different options will appear:
Once we have selected the HTML file generated from Edge (on another device) or another browser, all we need to do is click Matter to add our favorites to Edge. The process is very fast and will be completed instantly. To check that everything has gone correctly, we can access the quick favorites menu through the star icon located at the top right of the screen; All our favorites should appear there.