How to Import Bookmarks From Vivaldi to Chrome

Chrome does not usually list Vivaldi in its import menu, so the dependable route is a two-step copy: export your bookmarks from Vivaldi to an HTML file, then import that file into Chrome. The HTML format is the common bridge both browsers read, and it carries your folder structure across intact.

Export your bookmarks from Vivaldi

Vivaldi exports bookmarks through its main menu:

1. Open Vivaldi.
2. Click the Vivaldi menu (the V icon in the top-left corner, or the menu bar if you use it).
3. Choose File, then Export Bookmarks.
4. When Vivaldi asks where to save the file, pick a location you will remember, such as your Desktop or Downloads folder.

Vivaldi writes a single HTML file that contains your full bookmark tree, folders included. That one file is everything Chrome needs.

Import the HTML file into Chrome

With the file saved, switch to Chrome:

1. Open Chrome and click More (the three dots, top right).
2. Choose Bookmarks and lists, then Import bookmarks and settings.
3. In the dropdown, select Bookmarks HTML File.
4. Click Choose file, select the file you exported from Vivaldi, and click Open.
5. Click Done.

Chrome reads the file and rebuilds your folders. If Chrome already held bookmarks, the imported set arrives in the Other bookmarks folder at the end of the bar, so it stays separate from what you had (on Chromebooks, in a folder named Imported). If Chrome had none, the bookmarks go straight onto the bookmarks bar.

Check the result in Bookmark Manager

Open Chrome's Bookmark Manager with Ctrl+Shift+O (or Cmd+Option+B on macOS) and confirm the import looks right:

• The Other bookmarks folder (or the bar) holds your Vivaldi bookmarks.
• Folders appear with their bookmarks nested as they were in Vivaldi.
• Counts roughly match what you had before.

A quick scan now beats discovering a missing folder weeks later. For a deeper walkthrough of the receiving side, see how to import bookmarks into Chrome.

Move the imported bookmarks into your structure

To merge them into your existing layout, open the folder where they landed (the Other bookmarks folder, or a folder named Imported on Chromebooks), select the items with Ctrl+A (or Cmd+A), and drag them to where they belong, or right-click and use Cut then Paste into the target folder. Delete the leftover folder when you are done.

Clean up duplicates from the merge

If you already kept some of the same pages in Chrome, importing from Vivaldi can leave you with two copies. Chrome does not deduplicate on its own. Sort a folder by name using the three-dot menu's Sort by name option so identical entries sit together, then delete the extras after confirming the full URLs match. Our guide to removing duplicate bookmarks covers doing this safely.

A quick checklist before you switch

A clean migration is easy to verify if you keep a few things in mind.

Once the bookmarks live in Chrome, keeping a backup is worth a moment, since a migration is exactly the kind of change that is painful to redo by hand. TrueBookmark can save a versioned backup of the imported set and flag duplicates across the whole library, so the new collection starts tidy and stays recoverable.