How to import bookmarks and favorites into Microsoft Edge

Updated 18 October 2026

Open Settings and more (…) > Settings > Profiles > Import browser data. For a bookmarks file, select Import next to Import browser data now and choose Favorites or bookmarks HTML file; to copy Chrome, select Import next to Import data from Google Chrome. Microsoft says imported favorites appear in a folder on the favorites bar, which may be named Imported.

Import an HTML bookmarks file

1. Export your bookmarks from the old browser as an HTML file first. Our guides cover Chrome, Firefox and Safari.
2. In Edge, select Settings and more (…) > Settings, then Profiles > Import browser data.
3. Under Other import locations, select Import next to Import browser data now.
4. In the Import from list, choose Favorites or bookmarks HTML file.
5. Select Choose file, pick the file and select Open. When Edge says the import is complete, select Done.

Import straight from another browser

Edge can also read browsers that are installed on the same computer, with no file in between:

• Chrome: on the Import browser data page, select Import next to Import data from Google Chrome. Under Choose what to import, tick Favorites or bookmarks and anything else you want, then select Import and Done. Chrome to Edge covers profiles, passwords and tab groups.
• Internet Explorer: the same page has Import data from IE11.
• Firefox, and Safari on a Mac: Microsoft’s ImportFavorites policy lists both, alongside Chrome and Internet Explorer, as browsers Edge imports favorites from. Firefox to Edge has the steps.
• Brave, Opera, Vivaldi and the rest: they aren’t on Microsoft’s list, so export an HTML file in that browser and import it as above.

Files Edge won’t take as they are

The file types in Edge’s Import from list are an HTML bookmarks file and a passwords CSV. Everything else needs a step first:

The converter runs in your browser and uploads nothing.

From a USB stick or another computer

Export on the old computer straight onto the USB stick (Microsoft’s backup steps suggest a USB drive or SD card), plug the stick into the new computer and, at the Choose file step, browse to the file on it. You can unplug the stick once Edge says the import is complete.

If both computers run Edge, you can skip the file: sign in with the same account on both and turn on sync, and Edge carries your favorites, passwords, history and more across. If you use both methods, check for duplicates afterwards.

Where imported favorites land

• From a file: a folder on the favorites bar, which Microsoft says may be named Imported.
• Bar hidden? Press Ctrl+Shift+B to show it (more on the favorites bar), or press Ctrl+Shift+O to open Favorites, where the folder sits inside Favorites bar.
• From Chrome or another browser: open Favorites and look through Favorites bar and Other favorites for the new items.
• Tidy up: in Favorites, select More options > Open favorites page, right-click anywhere on the Favorites bar page and choose Sort by name.

Duplicates after an import

Import the same file twice, or import favorites you already sync, and you can end up with two of each. Microsoft says Edge’s Favorites menu has an option to remove duplicate links, which finds them across your synced devices and lets you inspect them before anything is deleted. To clean a file before it goes in, run it through our duplicate bookmark finder; to join exports from several computers into one file, use the bookmark merger.

If the import doesn’t work

• Edge won’t import favorites on a work computer: when an administrator disables the ImportFavorites policy, users can’t import favorites by hand. With EditFavoritesEnabled disabled, users can’t add, remove or change favorites at all.
• A message appears in place of the file window: an administrator has turned off the AllowFileSelectionDialogs policy, which Microsoft says covers importing favorites. edge://policy lists every policy in force.
• The file isn’t accepted: make sure it’s an HTML export, or convert it with the table above.
• The favorites went to another profile: Microsoft says each Edge profile keeps its data separate. Check the profile icon at the top right before you import.
• You’re on a phone: Microsoft’s help for Edge on Android and iOS covers syncing favorites and has no file import. Import on a computer signed in to the same account and let sync bring them to the phone.