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Add bookmarks from bookmarks folder

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I have a Documents folder named Bookmarks that contains hundreds of my bookmarks in dozens of sub-folders. How do I import them all into Firefox?

I have a Documents folder named Bookmarks that contains hundreds of my bookmarks in dozens of sub-folders. How do I import them all into Firefox?

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HI, you can do that if they are in 1 HTML File that has been previously exported or are in a previously exported json file. What do you do with existing bookmarks if the above is true  ?

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Thanks. Unfortunately the B ookmarks folder is not in HTML format.

I have been looking in my Carbonite backed up files and found one that looks promising.

bookmarks-2018-07-10_1576_4XKDAP39_SWlcZNeUvgqtg==.jsonlz4

Does that look like it might help? If not, can you tell me where in Firefox my bookmarks are kept.

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HI, Bookmarks are in :

  • bookmarks and history: places.sqlite
  • bookmark backups: compressed .jsonlz4 JSON backups in the bookmarkbackups folder

2 ways, make another Profile and then try bringing in those bookmarks or export your existing bookmarks and try importing what you found.

Suggest what ever you do you do this 1st :

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.

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Note that this is compressed .jsonlz4 backup from July 10th with 1576 items (bookmarks + folders) automatically created by Firefox.

  • bookmarks-2018-07-10_1576_4XKDAP39_SWlcZNeUvgqtg==.jsonlz4

Restoring this file will reset the bookmarks as stored in this backup.


Are the bookmarks you want to import in a file (what format) or is this a folder structure on the hard drive as used by the IE favorites?