How to move your Chrome bookmarks to your phone and finally organise them
Years of saving bookmarks on your computer: the bank's website, tutorials, shops, recipes, articles to read “when I have time”. On your phone, where you spend most of the day, you don't use them because they're buried in a browser menu. Here's how to move them to your phone, in order.
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Why bookmarks don't work on a phone
- In a mobile browser, bookmarks are hidden in a menu and awkward to browse.
- Syncing them means signing in with the same account in every browser.
- They only store links: the related PDF or video lives somewhere else.
- Over the years, folders pile up with no order and links that no longer work.
Step 1: export your bookmarks on the computer
Chrome
- Press Ctrl + Shift + O to open the Bookmark manager.
- Click ⋮ (top right) › Export bookmarks. A
.htmlfile is saved.
Edge, Firefox or Safari
They all have the option in their bookmark manager: in Edge, “Export favorites”; in Firefox, Library › Import and Backup › “Export Bookmarks to HTML”; in Safari, File › “Export Bookmarks”. They all produce the same kind of .html file.
Step 2: get it onto your phone
Send it however you like: by email, Drive or WhatsApp. The file just needs to reach your phone.
Step 3: import it into Linkalia
- In Linkalia, create a new collection and choose Import browser bookmarks.
- Pick the
.htmlfile. - Done: each bookmark folder becomes a category, with its links inside.
No Google account or any other account needed: the file is read on your phone and the bookmarks stay on your phone.
Step 4: use the chance to tidy up
- Move what's no longer useful to the trash (you can undo).
- Pin to the top the ones you use every day.
- Keep links together with their PDFs, videos and documents in the same collection.
- Use search: it finds by title, note or domain.
Free plan limit: private collections hold 200 items in total. If your file has more, Linkalia imports up to that number and tells you; with Pro there's no limit.
Frequently asked questions
Are the folders kept?
Yes. Each bookmark folder becomes a category in the collection, with its links inside.
Does it work with Edge, Firefox and Safari?
Yes. They all export bookmarks to the same .html format, which Linkalia can import.
Does it stay in sync with the browser afterwards?
No, it's a one-off import. From then on, save new things to Linkalia with your mobile browser's Share button.
Your bookmarks, on your phone and organised. Get Linkalia for free and import them in a minute.
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