How to import Microsoft Edge favorites into Save This One

Edge calls them favorites, but exports them in the same portable HTML convention browsers use for bookmarks. The migration does not touch your Edge profile, synced favorites, passwords, collections, history, or open tabs.

Create an Edge favorites HTML file

First switch to the Edge profile that owns the favorites. Work, school, and personal profiles have separate libraries.

1. Open Favorites from the toolbar or choose Settings and more (⋯) → Favorites.
2. Open the favorites window's More options (⋯) menu.
3. Choose Export favorites.
4. Save the resulting HTML file somewhere private and easy to find.

If the compact favorites panel makes the command hard to locate, open edge://favorites/; its three-dot menu includes Export favorites. Microsoft sometimes moves labels between releases, so the important outcome is an .html favorites file. Do not choose password CSV export or a broad browser-data download. Microsoft's browser-data documentation confirms that Edge imports portable favorites and bookmark HTML files.

Edge mobile has no equivalent standalone HTML export. Sync mobile favorites into desktop Edge first, verify the right Microsoft account/profile, and export there.

Favorites, folders, and fields

Edge data	Migration behavior
Favorite URL and display name	Imported
Recorded add date	Preserved when the HTML contains a valid timestamp
Nested favorites folder	One flat tag; Clients/Acme becomes clients-acme
Favorites bar container	Does not become a tag
Local file or bookmarklet	Skipped; Save This One accepts only public-style http and https URLs
Edge Collections	Not included in a favorites export and therefore not imported
Passwords/history/tab groups	Not part of this migration
Existing URL in your account	Skipped without changing its title, note, date, or tags

Collections are the easy detail to miss. An Edge Collection can contain notes, images, and page cards, and it is not the same thing as a favorites folder. Check Collections separately before treating an HTML favorites export as a complete Edge backup.

Import with a checkpoint before writing

Open the Save This One importer, select the HTML, and stop at the preview for a minute. It reports valid bookmarks, distinct tags, a date range when dates exist, sample titles, and parser skips. A zero or implausibly small result usually means you exported the wrong profile or selected a non-bookmark file.

Imports are capped at 5,000 valid bookmarks and 25 MB per file. Only parsed bookmark records are sent after you press Import; the raw file is read in the browser. Imports run in batches, and retrying an interrupted file is safe because duplicate URLs are skipped.

Verify the migration, not just the count

1. Check one favorite from the bar, one from Other favorites, and one from a custom nested folder.
2. Search for the expected flattened custom-folder tag.
3. Compare an old item's date with Edge. A missing date means the source HTML did not supply a usable one; it should not be guessed.
4. Review skipped totals. Repeated URLs, edge:// pages, file:// links, and JavaScript bookmarklets cannot all become normal web links.
5. Keep the export until you have checked any Collections and profile-specific favorites that were outside this file.

Should you migrate or keep Edge favorites?

Save This One is useful when the link—not its position on one browser's favorites bar—is what you want to retrieve later. Edge remains better for toolbar placement, managed work-profile favorites, and browser sync. You can also run both: importing is a snapshot, not a sync, and it does not delete anything. For future saves, the Chrome extension works in Chromium-based Edge, or use the extension-free address-bar workflow.