How to move Chrome bookmarks to Brave

Updated 18 October 2026

Yes, Brave can import straight from Chrome. Open brave://settings/importData (or the Brave menu > Bookmarks > Import Bookmarks and Settings), choose your Chrome profile and click Import. Two things need a file: passwords, and bookmarks Chrome keeps in your Google Account.

Import from Chrome

1. Open brave://settings/importData, or the menu (three lines at the top right) > Bookmarks > Import Bookmarks and Settings.
2. In the list of detected browsers, pick your Chrome profile. Brave shows one Google Chrome entry per profile, followed by the profile’s name.
3. Tick what you want. For Chrome, Brave 1.97 on Windows offered Browsing history, Favorites/Bookmarks and Extensions (checked October 2026). Click Import.

Where the bookmarks land

Brave adds a folder at the end of its bookmarks bar whose name starts with Imported from, holding your Chrome bookmarks bar and Other bookmarks as two subfolders. If Brave’s bar was empty, your Chrome bar items land on the bar itself and the rest go into that folder. Can’t see the bar? Brave’s Appearance settings set it to show always, never or only on the new tab page; showing the bookmarks bar in Brave has the steps.

Missing bookmarks? Use the file route

Brave’s importer reads Chrome’s main Bookmarks file, and only its bookmarks bar and Other bookmarks. Newer versions of Chrome keep bookmarks saved in your Google Account in a separate file, and Brave’s code (checked October 2026) reads neither that file nor Chrome’s Mobile bookmarks. If folders are missing, or the Favorites/Bookmarks box isn’t offered for a profile (Brave shows it only when that main file exists), go through an HTML file:

1. In Chrome: Bookmark Manager > three-dot menu > Export bookmarks (full steps). The export includes everything, Google Account bookmarks and Mobile bookmarks too.
2. In Brave: brave://settings/importData > Bookmarks HTML File > Choose File, then pick the export.

Passwords

Brave’s help says Chrome passwords can’t be imported directly because of how Chrome encrypts them, and gives the workaround: in Chrome, go to chrome://password-manager/settings and click Download file under Export passwords; in Brave, go to brave://password-manager/settings and click Select file under Import passwords. Delete the CSV afterwards.

Problems you might hit

• Duplicates: each import adds another folder of the same bookmarks, since the importer doesn’t skip ones you already have. Delete the extra folder, or clean an export with our duplicate bookmark finder before importing it.
• Brave Sync: if you use it, imported bookmarks go to every device in your sync chain like any other bookmark, so tidy up first.
• Still using Chrome: the import is a one-time copy. Later changes in Chrome don’t reach Brave unless you import again.

Bring your new tab with you

Brave installs extensions from the Chrome Web Store, and Stackboard works in Brave too. If you used it in Chrome, add it to Brave from the store (or tick Extensions in the import), then make sure its Stackboard folder sits directly in Brave’s Other bookmarks; drag it out of the imported folder if it landed there. To swap Brave’s dashboard for your board, see changing the new tab page in Brave.