Import Raindrop.io Bookmarks

Export from Raindrop as HTML or CSV. Both carry your tags; only one carries your notes.

Export from Raindrop.io

  1. Open Raindrop in a browser and click your avatar at the top right.

  2. Choose Settings, then the Backups tab.

  3. Click Export. Pick CSV if you have notes on your bookmarks; HTML is fine if you do not.

  4. Download the file.

What survives the move

Read off the importer rather than promised in general. The export is Netscape HTML or CSV.

  • Collections, as nested folders
  • Titles and URLs
  • Tags, from both formats
  • Notes and excerpts — CSV only
  • The date each bookmark was saved
  • Highlights and annotations, which are a Raindrop-only concept
  • Permanent copies stored on Raindrop’s servers

Clean it before you import it

A migration is the one moment when tidying costs nothing — you are touching every link anyway. Run the file through the bookmark cleaner to collapse the duplicates and find the folders holding nothing, or the converter if you want to look at the whole library in a spreadsheet first. Both run entirely in your browser; the file is never uploaded.

Import into Inspistor

  1. Open Settings → Data Transfer in the dashboard.

  2. Drop the file in. Netscape HTML or CSV is detected from the contents, not the file name.

  3. Read the preview before committing. You are told how many links, categories and tags were found before anything is written.

Bring your Raindrop.io library across

Folder structure at any depth, tags where the export carries them, and a searchable archived copy of every page taken on the way in.

Open the importer

Frequently asked questions

How do I export bookmarks from Raindrop.io?

Open Raindrop in a browser and click your avatar at the top right. Choose Settings, then the Backups tab. Click Export. Pick CSV if you have notes on your bookmarks; HTML is fine if you do not. Download the file.

What do I lose importing from Raindrop.io?

Highlights and annotations, which are a Raindrop-only concept. Permanent copies stored on Raindrop’s servers. Everything else — collections, as nested folders, titles and urls, tags, from both formats, notes and excerpts — csv only, the date each bookmark was saved — comes across.

Is there anything to watch out for?

The HTML export drops your notes. Raindrop’s per-bookmark note has nowhere to live in the Netscape format, so it is simply absent from the file — silently, with no warning at export time. If you have written notes on your saves, export CSV instead: the note column comes across intact.