How to Import and Export Bookmarks in Opera Browser

Recently I had to do a write-up on the best web browsers currently available for the Windows operating system. So I went over many browsers’ official blog posts, but they failed to do them full justice. Rather than painting a complete picture, they mostly bragged about all their USPs but didn’t mention any shortcomings.

While that was understandable from the advertising point of view, for an end user like us, it wouldn’t help mold our decision. So I then decided to get a first-hand usage experience by trying out each of these browsers.

The first step was to import/export various browser settings from one browser to another.

However, that wasn’t as easy as it may sound with Opera. While some browsers didn’t show this Chromium browser in the list of installed browsers, others couldn’t directly import its bookmarks. Well, I wasn’t the only one getting bugged with this issue.

Related: How to Bookmark and Manage Bookmarks on Opera Browser?

Other users across the Opera Forums have also documented the same. So if you are also on the same page, this guide shall help you. Here are the detailed instructions and steps to import and export bookmarks in the Opera Browser.

Import and Export Bookmarks in Opera Browser

The initial setup is the same for the import and export of bookmarks. However, you can directly import from other browsers to Opera.

Here are the steps to access the import and export bookmark options in the Opera browser:

1. Launch Opera Browser on the computer.
2. Click on the Bookmark situated at the left menu bar.
3. Click on the Open Full Bookmarks view option bottom of the bookmark pane.
   
4. Hit the Import/Export button and select the desired option from the menu.
   

Let’s start with the instructions to import other browser bookmarks to Opera. After that, we will turn our attention toward the export feature.

Import Bookmarks to Opera

Importing the bookmarks into Opera is relatively easy, and it supports different ways. You can choose the available browsers on the device or import the HTML file.

Here are the steps to import bookmarks into the Opera browser:

1. Launch Opera Browser on the computer.
2. Click on the Bookmark from the left menu bar.
3. Click on the Open Full Bookmarks view option bottom of the bookmark pane.
4. Click on the Import/Export button on the Bookmarks page.
5. Select the Import option from the drop-down menu.
   It will open the import bookmarks and settings menu.
6. Select the desired importing option from the drop-down menu (say Microsoft Edge).
   
7. Enable the checkbox for Favorites/Bookmarks only.
8. Hit the Import button.
   

This will start importing the bookmarks or favorites from the selected option or browser.

However, if your browser is not part of this list, try exporting that browser’s bookmarks to an HTML file.

Here are the steps to import the bookmarks using the HTML file in Opera:

1. Launch Opera Browser on the computer.
2. Click on the Bookmark situated at the left menu bar.
3. Click on the Open Full Bookmarks view option bottom of the bookmark pane.
4. Click on the Import/Export button on the Bookmarks page.
5. Select the Import option from the drop-down menu.
   It will open the import bookmarks and settings menu.
6. Select the Bookmarks HTML File option from the drop-down menu.
   
7. Click the Choose file button.
   
8. Browse file explore or finder to select the bookmarks HTML file and import it.

Opera browser will now import all the bookmarks in that HTML file. You can choose any Bookmark HTML file from any browser.

Related: How to Export and Import Bookmarks/Favorites in Firefox?

Export Bookmarks from Opera

We know how to import the browser bookmarks; now, let’s learn to export bookmarks from Opera to any other browser of your choice.

Here are the steps to export the Bookmarks or favorites from the Opera browser:

1. Launch Opera Browser on the computer.
2. Click on the Bookmark situated at the left menu bar.
3. Click on the Open Full Bookmarks view option bottom of the bookmark pane.
4. Select Export Bookmark from the drop-down menu.
   
5. Select the directory or location to save the bookmark file.
   
6. Name the export HTML file and hit on the Save command button.

The Opera bookmarks will now be saved as an HTML file. You may now import it to the desired browser.

Bottom Line: Opera Import/Export Bookmarks

So this was all from this guide on importing or exporting bookmarks in the Opera Browser. With a plentitude of browsers available to choose from, we must remain in sync with them.

In this regard, the easiest way is to import your favorite sites and pages across all the browsers you are in touch with. Manually doing so would take ages and require a lot of effort.

However, thanks to Opera’s handy import/export functionality, doing so is just a few clicks away.

Related: How to Import and Export Bookmarks in Google Chrome?

With that said, if you still have any queries about the instructions above, please let us know in the comments section.