In today’s article, we’ll go over all the options for backing up your favorites in the Edge browser.
The built-in Microsoft Edge browser in Winedows 10 gets more and more features with each update, the export of favorites is still not finalized. Half a year ago, the ability to export (import) bookmarks into an html file was added to Windows 10 insider, but for some reason this function has not yet been added to the main version of the system. But still, in Edge there is a way to export (import) favorites into an html file, and there is also another way to create a backup copy of bookmarks, and in this article we will look at these methods.
Export and import of favorites into html file.
The first way to export bookmarks to an html file, as well as import favorites from an html file, was described in the article earlier. In this article, we will not duplicate it, read it in the article
The advantage of this method is that you can not only store your favorites as a backup, but also import them into other browsers.
Back up your favorites by copying a folder.
In this method, you do not need to install additional software, it is enough to copy the folder and, if necessary, substitute it back.
1.Open Explorer => in the address bar, insert % localappdata% Packages Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbweAC MicrosoftEdgeuserDefault remove the space after the word Packages and after AC, press Enter.
2.The Datastore folder must be copied to any place where it will not interfere with you. Before doing this, it is advisable to close the Edge browser.
3.Right-click on the DataStore folder and select “Copy”.
4.Go to any folder in the explorer, right-click in an empty space and select “Paste”. Remember where you copied this folder, because this is your backup copy.
When you need to restore a backup of your favorites, close the Edge browser, find the folder that you copied to 3 paragraph of the instructions above => click on it with the right mouse button => in the appeared context menu select “Copy” => repeat 1 point from the instructions above => in the opened folder, right-click in an empty space and select “Paste” from the context menu.
Left-click on the line “Replace files in destination folder”.
That’s it for today, these methods will help you keep a backup of your favorites for the Edge browser. If there are additions – write comments! Good luck ?
