When I try to import bookmarks and passwords, at step 3 when when you get to the dropdown menu which should list the other browsers on my system, the only selection I get is Boomark HTML File. It does not display Firefox or Chrome. I obviously want to import all my bookmarks, but more importantl…

@JeffK969 , Thanks for reaching out. Unfortunately – that is not the most recent version. At the time of writing this, the most up to date version of Brave (Release channel) is v0.68.132. Please note that snap and other software packages are not maintained by Brave and cannot be guaranteed that the …

Thanks Mattches, Followed instructions and am now running 0.68.132 Chromium: 76.0.3809.132 (Official Build) (64-bit). The drop down shows my old chrome bookmarks, but still not the FF. Guess I have no choice but to wait and see what happens. Thank You again.

@JeffK969 , Firefox doesn’t show up at all in the list of available browsers to import from? Is Firefox stored somewhere strange/different than where Chrome is/was installed?

Hello, that may very well be the case for Linux Mint MATE. Reason being, I have a 2nd PC that has Linux Mint XFCE. Went through all the steps to acquire latest versions and tried. XFCE showed Firefox in the drop down. With the exception of not importing the passwords (which seems in line with th…

FWIW – You can import your passwords by way of certain flags: [image] How to export passwords/bookmarks Desktop Support Bookmarks can be exported/imported using the method linked to above. You can also export and import passwords by setting a flag in Brave. To export: …

Thanks for that info, it will be very useful down the road. The issue I meant, and see many post in the community, is that Brave will not import passwords from Firefox into Brave at this time. Like most people, have quite a few stored passwords in FF, that I would like imported into Brave. Hopefu…

@JeffK969 , Did you try using the Import bookmarks and settings option? People seem to have issues with the import feature in general – however, many other users (myself included) are able to import data from FF or other browsers without issue.

Hello, Yes, that’s one of the methods I tried. Didn’t import any passwords. Did bring in all the links.

Importing Bookmarks - Dropdown Menu doesn't show other browsers

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Mattches September 11, 2019, 10:36pm 6

FWIW – You can import your passwords by way of certain flags:

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