How to Merge Bookmarks From Two Google Accounts

Chrome keeps each Google account in its own profile, and those bookmark sets stay separate by design. There is no merge button, but the workaround is reliable: export the bookmarks from one profile to an HTML file, then import that file into the other profile. Both sets then live in one place, and the only thing to manage afterward is the duplicates a merge can create.

Decide which account becomes the home base

Pick the account you want to end up holding everything. That profile is where you will import; the other is the source you export from. Choosing the more active account as the home base usually means less moving around afterward, since its folder structure stays put and you slot the second set into it.

Export bookmarks from the source account

Switch to the source profile first. Click the profile icon (top right), choose the account you are exporting from, then:

1. Open Bookmark Manager with Ctrl+Shift+O (or Cmd+Option+B on macOS).
2. Click the three-dot menu in the top-right of the manager.
3. Choose Export bookmarks.
4. Save the HTML file somewhere you will remember, such as the Desktop or Downloads folder.

That file holds the source account's full bookmark tree, folders included. Our guide to exporting bookmarks from Chrome covers this step in more detail if you want it.

Import into the home base account

Now switch to the profile that will hold everything. Click the profile icon and select the home base account, then:

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

Because the home base profile already has bookmarks, Chrome places the imported set in the Other bookmarks folder at the end of the bar (on Chromebooks, in a folder named Imported), keeping them separate from what was there. For more on the receiving side, see how to import bookmarks into Chrome.

Fold the imported set into your structure

The imported bookmarks arrive grouped together, so the next step is merging them into your existing layout:

1. In Bookmark Manager, open the Other bookmarks folder (or the Imported folder on Chromebooks).
2. Open a subfolder and select its bookmarks with Ctrl+A (or Cmd+A).
3. Drag them onto the matching folder in your existing structure, or right-click and use Cut then Paste.
4. Delete each emptied folder once its contents have moved.

Take it folder by folder rather than dumping everything at once, so related links end up together.

Clean up the duplicates a merge creates

If both accounts saved the same pages, you now have two copies of each. Chrome does not deduplicate on its own, so:

• Sort a combined folder by name using the three-dot menu's Sort by name option so identical entries sit together.
• Compare the full URLs before deleting, since two bookmarks can share a title but point to different pages.
• Remove the extras.

Our guide to removing duplicate bookmarks walks through doing this without losing anything you meant to keep.

Keep both accounts in sync afterward

A one-time merge combines what exists today, but the two accounts will drift apart again as you add bookmarks to each. If you want them to stay aligned, repeat the export and import occasionally, or settle on one account as your primary so new bookmarks land in a single place. Either way, a backup before a big merge is worth a moment, since reversing a large combine by hand is tedious. TrueBookmark can save a versioned backup before you start and flag duplicates across the whole library, so the merged collection stays tidy and recoverable.