# Bookmarks appear in folder **URL:** \ **Category:** Desktop Support\ **Tags:** windows\ **Created:** [February 12, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/bookmarks-appear-in-folder/649278 "2026-02-12T16:21:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scooter55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scooter55](https://community.brave.app/u/Scooter55)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/bookmarks-appear-in-folder/649278/1 "2026-02-12T16:21:32Z")
* * * **Description of the issue: When importing bookmarks, it creates a folder with all of them instead of extracting them to appear on the bar. It’s never done that before, it always “unzips” them.** **How can this issue be reproduced?** 1. Importing from saved bookmarks file 2. 3. **Expected result:** **Brave Version( check `About Brave`):1.86.148** **Additional Information:** ---
**Author:** ![Mattches](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/mattches/32/25189_2.png) [@Mattches](https://community.brave.app/u/Mattches)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/bookmarks-appear-in-folder/649278/2 "2026-02-12T17:47:43Z")
I believe this is actually how it’s always been. But at any rate I don’t believe it’s a bug. The bookmarks bar can be customized by moving them out of the imported folder and into the main bookmarks folder. ---
**Author:** ![MasterLink](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/masterlink/32/204132_2.png) [@MasterLink](https://community.brave.app/u/MasterLink)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/bookmarks-appear-in-folder/649278/3 "2026-02-12T17:55:41Z")
> [@Mattches](#): > > I believe this is actually how it’s always been. I am 90% sure that’s been the case as well, it always goes in a folder named something like “Imported Bookmarks” because it could be from any browser, and organize in any way, therefore it makes no assumptions as to which is the bar, which is the Bookmark menu, etc. (I haven’t tested Firefox, but I am almost certain Firefox does the same thing as well.) ---
**Author:** ![Scooter55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scooter55](https://community.brave.app/u/Scooter55)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/bookmarks-appear-in-folder/649278/4 "2026-02-12T18:44:56Z")
Not for me. They have always appeared separated on the Bar, never in the folder titled “Bookmarks” when I import from a Brave saved file on the desktop that self titles itself “Bookmarks” with the Date at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Mattches](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/mattches/32/25189_2.png) [@Mattches](https://community.brave.app/u/Mattches)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/bookmarks-appear-in-folder/649278/5 "2026-02-12T19:05:20Z")
@Scooter55 not sure how that’s possible but here is a post from back in 2020 where a user is asking for something similar, noting that the imported bookmarks are organized in an `Imported` folder: > [@Direct Import of Firefox Bookmark Toolbar to Brave Browser Bookmarks Toolbar](https://community.brave.app/t/direct-import-of-firefox-bookmark-toolbar-to-brave-browser-bookmarks-toolbar/108714/9): > > Image attached. The “Imported” folder is the folder containing my toolbar bookmarks from ffox. The bookmarks to the right of the Imported folder are a few I manually added to Brave. [Capture.PNG] ---
**Author:** ![Scooter55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scooter55](https://community.brave.app/u/Scooter55)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/bookmarks-appear-in-folder/649278/6 "2026-02-12T22:53:25Z")
I fixed it. I deleted the folder it put there, got rid of the option for “show tab groups”, then did an import of the Bookmarks file… Now all my 400 something Bookmarks are separate of any folder.. Thanks for the effort to help! ![Brave Bookmarks](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/d/0/d04bc2430357d071a1648f8ff026e89f96465269.png) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/1/8/182067f3480d1a5e7aea5ae3131b116ca1ef7918.png) [@system](https://community.brave.app/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/bookmarks-appear-in-folder/649278/7 "2026-03-14T22:54:14Z")
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