Firefox - Export Bookmarks to html File

2020-May-08

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💨 by Eugene Ruthven

Bookmarks Exported Example

1. Open Firefox.
2. In upper-right corner of Firefox window, click 4th icon from right - called Library - position mouse over it to show a tooltip that says:
   View history, saved bookmarks, and more
3. A menu opens below Library icon when it is clicked.
4. At top of that menu see Bookmarks - click it
5. Another menu opens to replace it.
6. At the bottom of this menu see: Show All Bookmarks - click it.
7. A new window opens and in its upper-left corner it says Library.
8. On the line below Library, 3rd or 4th title from the left side you see:
   Import and Backup
9. A menu opens below Import and Backup.
10. The 4th item on that menu you see:
    Export Bookmarks to HTML...
11. Click on:
    Export Bookmarks to HTML...
12. Another window opens - in its upper-left corner you see:
    Export Bookmarks File
13. At the bottom of that window to right of title: File name: you see a space that contains:
    bookmarks.html
    in white text with a blue background.
    
    
    Note:
    I recommend changing:
    bookmarks.html
    to
    bookmarksyyyymmdd-hhmm.html
    
    

    Where:
    yyyy	4 numbers for current year
    mm	2 numbers for current month jan would be 01, oct 11
    dd	2 numbers for today 01, 02, .... 28, 29, 30, 31
    hyphen
    hh	2 numbers for current hour using 24 hour clock 01, 02, ... 23
    mm	2 numbers for current minute using 01, 02, ... 59 include leading zero if only one digit

    
    This allows you to know when the file was created just by the file name.
14. On the line below window's title: Export Bookmarks File note the folder in which the file will be saved ie. This PC > Documents
    
    This is to allow you to find the file again.
    
    
15. In the Export Bookmarks File window , in the lower-right corner you see the button Save    click it
16. The file is saved and the Export Bookmarks File window closes.
17. Close Library window by clicking the x in its upper-right corner.
    
    You will know when you have your mouse are in the right position when the background of x changes to red x
    
    
18. Return to using Firefox.
19. Done!!