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Export Waterfox bookmarks to an HTML file to back up or transfer bookmarks

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.

  1. Click the Library library icon button on your toolbar. (If you don’t see it, click the menu menu button button, then click Library). Click Bookmarks and then click the Show All Bookmarks bar at the bottom.
  2. From the toolbar on the Library window, click Import and Backup and choose Export Bookmarks to HTML… from the drop-down menu. Library window - 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 Waterfox. The bookmarks HTML file you saved is now ready to be imported into another web browser.