If you use Windows, the Microsoft Edge browser is set as the default browser. Microsoft only offers Microsoft Edge as default browser, you must install all other browsers yourself.
Even though Edge is getting better and largely uses the same technology as Google Chrome, people are still installing the Google Chrome browser en masse in addition to Edge.
The Google Chrome browser has a number of advantages over Microsoft Edge, and these advantages become especially apparent if you also use a Google account, for example a Gmail email address.
It is therefore not unusual that many people want to switch from the standard Microsoft Edge browser to the Google Chrome browser at a later time. When you switch, you may want to export old data from Edge and import it back into Google Chrome.
This guide shows you how to export favorites from Microsoft Edge and import them into the Google Chrome browser.
Export favorites from Microsoft Edge to Google Chrome
In Google Chrome you can import data directly from a number of browsers to Chrome. Unfortunately not for Microsoft Edge.
If you want to move favorites from Edge to Chrome, you must first export them as an HTML file from Edge and re-import them via Google Chrome.
Open the Microsoft Edge browser. Click on the favorites icon in the address bar. Then click on the three horizontal dots and then on export favorites.
You will now save the favorites from Microsoft Edge to your computer as an HTML file. We will import this HTML file into Google Chrome in a moment.
Choose a known location, such as the desktop, and click Save.
Now close the Microsoft Edge browser.
Now it's time to open the Google Chrome browser. Click on the menu in the top right corner and in the menu click on Settings.
Click Import bookmarks and settings.
Select HTML file with bookmarks from the list. Then click the Choose File button.
Select the HTML file containing all the favorites from Microsoft Edge that we exported earlier. Click Open.
All favorites have now been imported. Enable the “View Bookmark Bar” option and click Done.
You will now see a toolbar at the top of Google Chrome with “Imported” where you will find the imported favorites.
Then, to customize the bookmark bar with the imported favorites, type “chrome://bookmarks/” in the address bar.
You can now customize the bookmark bar to your liking. This way you can create a new favorites folder, change the name, delete folders, copy and paste.
I hope this helped you. Thank you for reading!
Also read: Uninstall Microsoft Edge.
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