This article explains how to export your bookmarks to an HTML file, which can be used as a backup or for importing into another web browser.

• For instructions specific to these other browsers, see Exporting data to Internet Explorer, Exporting bookmarks to Opera and Exporting data to Safari.
• For instructions on moving your Firefox data to another installation of Firefox, see Moving your Firefox bookmarks and settings.

1. Click the Bookmarks button on the right side of the navigation toolbar (Windows XP: click the Bookmarks menu) and select Show All Bookmarks to open the Library window.On the menu bar, click Bookmarks and select Show All Bookmarks to open the Library window.At the top of the Firefox window, click the Bookmarks menu and select Show All Bookmarks to open the Library window.

   At the top of the Firefox window, click the Bookmarks menu and select Organize Bookmarks... to open the Library window. On the menu bar, click Bookmarks and select Organize Bookmarks... to open the Library window.

2. From the toolbar on the Library window, click Import and Backup and choose Export Bookmarks to HTML....
   
   
   
   
3. In the Export Bookmarks File window that opens, choose a location to save the file, which is named bookmarks.html by default. The desktop is usually a good spot, but any place that is easy to remember will work.
4. Click the Save button. The Export Bookmarks File window will close.
5. Close the Library window.

Your bookmarks are now successfully exported from Firefox. The bookmarks HTML file you saved is now ready to be imported into another web browser.