Feature Spotlight: Steps for Sharing Favorites

Hello Microsoft Edge community,

Have you ever needed to share a set of Favorites with others? We've heard that some of you would like more information about how to just that, so read on for those instructions. The good news is that it's easy to do so with the new Microsoft Edge!

• Step 1:
  • Open your favorites by clicking on “Manage Favorites”, from the settings menu or using the key board shortcut Ctrl + Shift + O on Windows.

• Step 2:
  • Export all your bookmarks as an HTML file, by clicking on the 3 dots (next to the "add folder" as shown on the image below)
  • You may want to first collate all the links related to School into a folder and move the folder to the top of the list as below.
    • Note: the exact same process can be used while exporting from Chrome and most other browsers.

• Step 3:
  • Part 1: Edit the HTML file by opening it in Notepad or any other text editor. Note by default an HTML file opens in a browser so you will have to right click on the file and choose “Open with” and then select Notepad.
  • Part 2:  Copy the lines that have the links you wish to share.
  • Part 3: Open a new file by clicking on File > New or using the key board shortcut Ctrl + N
  • Part 4: Paste the lines that you had copied from the original file into this new file.
    • Note: you just need to retain the links, the part between “<a” and “</a> and delete everything else. Here is a sample of how it will look like:
      • <A HREF="http://firstlink.com/" ADD_DATE="1601169587">L1</A>
      • <A HREF="http://secondlink.com/" ADD_DATE="1601169593">L2</A>
      • <A HREF="http://thirdlink.com/" ADD_DATE="1601169598">L3</A>
  • Part 5: Save the new file with the extension .html. You will have to select “All Files (*.*)” in the “Save as type:” dropdown as shown in the image below.

• Step 4:
  • Email this file to whoever you wish to share it with and ask them to first download the file to their desktop/laptop.
• Step 5:
  • Open the correct profile in the Edge browser. In case you are not aware of profiles, check this link: Using multiple profiles at work and at home is now easier with Microsoft Edge - Microsoft Edge Blog (windows.com)
• Step 6:
  • In this profile navigate to your favorites, click on the three dots but this time select “Import Favorites”

• And then in the next dialog select "Favorites or bookmarks HTML file" from the drop down of "Import from", it should then look like this:

• Step 7:
  • Click on “Choose file”, and then select the (.html) file that was shared to you. You should get a success message like this:

• Step 8:
  • All your links would be in the “Other Favorites” folder. You can then just select them, drag and move them to a new folder for better organization.

You are all set! Let us know by commenting below if you have any questions or suggestions.

- The Microsoft Edge Product Team