Exporting Your Edge Favorites

Applies to: CRL staff using Microsoft Edge on a PC  |  Category: Browser  |  Est. time: 5 minutes

Exporting your Edge favorites creates a single HTML file containing all your bookmarks. You can keep it as a backup or import it into the same or a different browser — handy before a PC refresh or when moving to a new computer.

Tip: Save the exported file to your Desktop and give it a name you’ll recognize (for example, edge-favorites-2026-07-17). Even better, save it to OneDrive — that way the file is backed up and available on any device, so you can import your favorites on a new computer without moving the file around.

Export Edge favorites to an HTML file

1. Open Microsoft Edge.
2. Click the Favorites (star) button on the toolbar, or press Ctrl + Shift + O.
3. In the Favorites pane, click the More options (three-dot) button.
4. Select Export favorites.
5. Choose a folder (your Desktop) and enter a descriptive file name.
6. Click Save.

Edge saves an HTML file (named something like favorites_MM_DD_YY.html) that you can back up or import elsewhere.

Prefer the address bar? Type edge://favorites and press Enter, click the More options (three-dot) button at the top right, and choose Export favorites.

Note: Exporting must be done in desktop Edge. The Edge mobile app (iPhone/iPad/Android) does not have an Export favorites button.

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