{"id":138022,"date":"2019-05-09T10:08:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T10:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=138022"},"modified":"2025-07-01T22:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T05:00:12","slug":"how-to-sync-old-and-create-new-bookmarks-with-brave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-sync-old-and-create-new-bookmarks-with-brave\/","title":{"rendered":"How to sync old and create new bookmarks with Brave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re reading this article you likely already know why Brave is such an incredible browser: It saves you time and money by <strong>blocking ads, trackers, pop-ups, banners, and cookies<\/strong>, and <strong>keeps your web history private<\/strong> and secure by <strong>upgrading your HTTP to HTTPS<\/strong>. <strong>Brave<\/strong> also allows you to earn <strong>Basic Attention Tokens<\/strong> when you elect to watch ads, and then lets you spend them as a form of currency for preferred publishers and advertisers.<\/p>\n<p>So <strong>Brave&#8217;s got speed, privacy, security, customization, and a rewards system<\/strong>. All this good stuff, so what&#8217;s the catch?\u00a0<strong>It&#8217;s not your usual browser. <\/strong>All your favorite extensions, plug-ins, and bookmarks are back in Chrome or Firefox where you left them. So do you have to manually go back and punch them all into Brave?<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Browse the web up to 8x faster than Chrome and Safari\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/LOGO-BRAVE.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Browse the web up to 8x faster than Chrome and Safari<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/brave-browser\/browse-beyond\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Free Download<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--90\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"90\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"9\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\">9<\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\">Enjoy private, secure and fast browsing with Brave<\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/brave-browser\/browse-beyond\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Of course not. <strong>Brave lets you simply and seamlessly transfer all your stuff over in seconds.<\/strong> Here&#8217;s how:<\/p>\n<h2>Sync your old bookmarks<\/h2>\n<p>Inside the Brave browser,\u00a0<strong>click the three horizontal lines<\/strong>\u00a0in the upper right corner:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-138024\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/OpenBookmarksEDITED.jpg\" alt=\"Brave Import Bookmarks and settings\" width=\"700\" height=\"553\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Follow the drop-down menu from\u00a0<strong>bookmarks<\/strong> and click on\u00a0<strong>Import bookmarks and settings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-138027\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/ImportFromBrowserEDITED.jpg\" alt=\"Brave select browser Import bookmarks \" width=\"700\" height=\"367\" \/>From here all you have to do is pick the browser you want to import from (you can import from multiple browsers too, if you wish), check the box, and click Import. A couple seconds later you should have all your old favorites in your new home. If anything is out of place, you can press\u00a0<strong>Ctrl+Shift+Q\u00a0<\/strong>to open up your Bookmark Manager and adjust any way you want.<\/p>\n<h2>Create new bookmarks<\/h2>\n<p>Making new bookmarks is even easier. All you have to do is click the bookmark symbol on top of the screen next your main search portal and there you have it &#8211; you&#8217;ve marked the page. From here you can choose to name the bookmark anything you like, and manage what folder it goes into.<\/p>\n<p>So there you have it! All your past and future bookmarks living under one roof. Enjoy safer, faster, ad-free browsing with Brave!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Browse the web up to 8x faster than Chrome and Safari\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/LOGO-BRAVE.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Browse the web up to 8x faster than Chrome and Safari<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/brave-browser\/browse-beyond\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Free Download<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--90\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"90\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"9\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\">9<\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\">Enjoy private, secure and fast browsing with Brave<\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/brave-browser\/browse-beyond\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brave&#8217;s got speed, privacy, security, customization, and a rewards system. Brave browser lets you simply and seamlessly transfer all your stuff over in seconds. Find out how to bookmark and how to sync all your settings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9075,"featured_media":138075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[2441],"tags":[1567,1853],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-138022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-brave","tag-browser"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138022"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326111,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138022\/revisions\/326111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138022"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=138022"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=138022"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=138022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}