How to Share Bookmarks from Chrome

Chrome has no built-in feature to share bookmarks with another person. There is no "Share" button, no shared folder system, and no way to send a bookmark collection to someone else's browser directly.

That said, there are several workarounds that get the job done depending on what you are trying to share and who you are sharing with.

Option 1: Export as HTML and send the file

This is the most reliable way to share a complete set of bookmarks. You export your bookmarks as an HTML file and send that file to the other person, who then imports it into their browser.

Export your bookmarks:

1. Open Bookmark Manager (Ctrl+Shift+O on Windows/Linux, Cmd+Option+B on macOS).
2. Click the three-dot menu in the top-right corner.
3. Select Export bookmarks.
4. Save the HTML file.

The export guide covers this step in more detail.

Send the file via email, a shared drive, a messaging app, or any file-sharing method you prefer. The file is usually small (under 1 MB even for large collections).

The other person imports it:

1. They open their browser's Bookmark Manager.
2. They use the import option to load the HTML file.
3. The bookmarks appear in an "Imported" folder in their browser.

The Chrome import guide walks through the import side.

What transfers: Every bookmark URL, title, and folder in your library. The other person gets your entire folder structure.

What does not transfer: This is all or nothing. You cannot select specific folders to export from Chrome's built-in export. It exports everything.

Option 2: Share a specific folder using the Bookmarks file

If you only want to share one folder rather than your entire library, the built-in export will not help because it exports everything. But you can work around this:

1. Open Bookmark Manager (Ctrl+Shift+O on Windows/Linux, Cmd+Option+B on macOS).
2. Create a temporary folder and move (or copy) only the bookmarks you want to share into it.
3. Export your bookmarks.
4. Send the file.
5. Tell the recipient that the bookmarks they need are in the specific folder name.
6. Move your bookmarks back to their original locations and delete the temporary folder.

This is clunky, but it works when you need to share a curated subset.

Option 3: Use Chrome Sync (same Google account only)

Chrome Sync keeps bookmarks consistent across every device signed into the same Google account. This is not really "sharing" in the traditional sense, because both devices must use the same account.

This works well for:

• Setting up a new personal device
• Keeping your work laptop and home computer in sync
• Getting your bookmarks onto a new phone

It does not work for sharing with another person, since they would need to sign into your Google account. For more on how sync works, see the bookmark sync guide.

Option 4: Copy and send individual URLs

For sharing a handful of bookmarks, the simplest approach is to copy the URLs directly.

1. Right-click a bookmark on the bookmarks bar or in Bookmark Manager.
2. Select Copy link address.
3. Paste it into an email, chat message, or document.

For a few bookmarks, this is faster than exporting. For more than five or six, it gets tedious.

Option 5: Use a shared document

If you regularly share bookmarks with the same group of people, consider maintaining a shared document:

1. Create a Google Doc, Notion page, or similar shared document.
2. Paste bookmark URLs with descriptions into the document.
3. Share the document with your team or family.

This gives everyone a living list they can update, rather than a static file that becomes outdated. The tradeoff is that these bookmarks live outside the browser and require manual effort to add to anyone's bookmark library.

What about sharing between different browsers?

The HTML export method works across browsers. A bookmarks file exported from Chrome can be imported into Firefox, Edge, Safari, Brave, or any browser that supports HTML bookmark import, which is nearly all of them.

The folder structure transfers cleanly. The recipient just needs to find their browser's import option.

Keep your bookmarks backed up before sharing

Before reorganizing bookmarks to prepare for sharing, back up your bookmarks. Moving bookmarks around to create a shareable set can lead to accidental misplacement, and Chrome has no undo for bookmark moves.

TrueBookmark keeps automatic backups of your Chrome bookmarks, so even if you accidentally move or delete something while preparing to share, you can restore from a recent backup.