WebBrowserBookmarksView by NirSoft is a free, portable Windows utility designed to aggregate and read bookmark data from multiple web browsers simultaneously. It works with Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Opera, Brave, Vivaldi) and Quantum-based browsers (Firefox, Waterfox, Pale Moon).
Because it is a viewer, it does not let you edit or rearrange links directly inside your browsers. Instead, it serves as a powerful administrative tool to search, filter, back up, and extract bookmarks from multiple user profiles, remote networks, or external hard drives. 🚀 Getting Started
Download the tool: Visit the official NirSoft WebBrowserBookmarksView page and download the ZIP file.
Launch without installing: Extract the files and double-click WebBrowserBookmarksView.exe.
Automatic scanning: The tool automatically detects all supported browsers on your computer and populates them into a uniform list. 📂 Step-by-Step Management Guide 1. Aggregate Bookmarks From Multiple Sources
By default, the tool pulls bookmarks from the current active user profile. You can expand this scope: Press F9 to open the Advanced Options menu.
Change the data source to scan All user profiles on the current machine.
Select External hard drive to pull data from an old Windows installation.
Connect to a Remote network computer (requires local administrative access privileges). 2. Search and Filter via Advanced Strings
If you have thousands of nested browser bookmarks, navigating them natively can be sluggish. Press Ctrl + Q to activate the Quick Filter text box. As you type, the utility isolates entries on the fly.
Use dropdown settings to switch between filtering options: Find multiple words (OR logic) or Find records with all words (AND logic). 3. Export and Back Up Bookmarks
You can back up data across your browsers into standardized, clean file formats. Press Ctrl + A to highlight the entire list. Click the purple Save disk icon (or press Ctrl + S).
Export the selected links into formats like HTML5, CSV, Tab-Delimited, XML, or JSON.
Alternative: Select the rows, press Ctrl + C, and paste the raw text grid natively into Microsoft Excel. 4. Open Bookmarks on Your Smartphone via QR Codes
If you want to view a desktop bookmark on your mobile phone without browser syncing enabled: Click on any bookmark row inside the application. Press F2 (or go to View -> Display QR Code).
Use your smartphone camera to scan the generated QR code to open the link instantly. 5. Command-Line Extraction
For system administrators or automated backups, you can run the utility silently via the Windows Command Prompt:
Save to CSV: WebBrowserBookmarksView.exe /scomma “C:\Backups\bookmarks.csv”
Save to JSON: WebBrowserBookmarksView.exe /sjson “C:\Backups\bookmarks.json”
If you need help setting up an automated backup or troubleshooting a specific browser detection, let me know! What specific browser or management task are you trying to address right now? View all bookmarks of Chome and Firefox Web browsers
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