Restore bookmarks from backup or move them to another computer

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Firefox automatically creates backups of your bookmarks and saves the last fiveten backups for safekeeping. This article describes how to manually back up your bookmarks and how to replace your bookmarks with a backup.

Manual backup

  1. Click the menu button Fx89menuButton to open the menu panel. Click Bookmarks and then click the Manage bookmarks bar at the bottom.
  2. In the Library window, click the e3f62ffc25d52f883aa490cc65d71e2d-1252097598-804-1.png Import and Backup button and then select Backup.... The Bookmarks backup file name window will appear.

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  3. Select a location to save the backup file.
  4. Close the Library window.

Restoring from backups

Caution: Restoring bookmarks from a backup will overwrite your current set of bookmarks with the ones in the backup file.
  1. Click the menu button Fx89menuButton to open the menu panel. Click Bookmarks and then click the Manage bookmarks bar at the bottom.
  2. In the Library window, click the e3f62ffc25d52f883aa490cc65d71e2d-1252097598-804-1.png Import and Backup button and then select Restore.

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  3. Select the backup from which you want to restore:
    • The dated entries are automatic backups.
    • 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.