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How to export Favorites from Edge

OssieMac 47,976 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2020-08-08T01:15:28+00:00

I made some set up changes to Edge and now some things don't work as I expected. I would like to do a reset back to the defaults and start again.

However, I am afraid of losing my Favorites and would like to export them first so I can retrieve them.

Everywhere I have searched it indicates to go to Import and then select Export. I can find the Import OK but for the life of me I cannot find how to Export the Favorites so it will be greatly appreciated if someone can please provide me with step by step guidelines to direct me to Export Favorites.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-08-08T01:24:45+00:00

    Hi and thanks for reaching out. My name is William. I'm a Windows technical expert. I'll be happy to help you out today.

    Enter the following into the address bar edge://favorites/. Select the ellipses (3 dots) on the right-top > Export Favorites. See attached image for example.

    Alternatively, you can just copy the bookmarks file into a secure location and restore later. It can be found as bookmarks file in %localappdata%\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default.

    Another method is to sync your favorites with our Microsoft account. In address bar paste edge://settings/profiles/sync and select options for Favorites then Confirm.

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  1. OssieMac 47,976 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2020-08-08T02:02:05+00:00

    Thanks for the prompt reply. I am amazed that I was not able to find that with a search on microsoft.com site.

    For future reference to others who might find this post.

    The Favorites are not lost with the Reset.

     It is the 3 dots at top right of the displayed data (not the three dots at far top right of the Edge window).

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-08-08T02:06:10+00:00

    Correct, even uninstalling the new Edge Chromium (or even Chrome for that matter), will not delete the User Data folder. Normally, I suggest deleting that after uninstalling Edge or Chrome in instances where a typical reinstall failed to fix the original issue.

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