How to Export Your Arc Bookmarks Before Arc Shuts Down on December 22

Arc is shutting down. The Browser Company announced on October 22, 2026 that Arc will stop working on Mac and Windows on December 22, 2026, and that accounts will be deactivated with personal data deleted within 30 days (TechCrunch). If your work lives in Arc’s sidebar, now is the time to export your Arc bookmarks, while the app still opens.

This guide covers three ways out, what each one keeps, and how to land your links somewhere that does not depend on a single browser again. It reflects Arc’s final release at the time of writing, November 2026.

The Arc shutdown timeline

• October 22, 2026: no new Arc accounts. Existing users keep working, and the latest version adds a data export.
• November 23, 2026: Arc Search on iOS and Android loses its AI features, sign-in and tab sync.
• December 22, 2026: Arc stops working on macOS and Windows, and accounts are deactivated.
• Within 30 days after that: personal data is deleted.

Do not leave this for the last week. Exports are quick, but checking that nothing went missing takes longer than you think, especially across several Spaces.

Before you export: two minutes of prep

Arc keeps a lot of links in places that exports treat differently. Do this first:

1. Pin what you want to keep. Arc’s own export lists every sidebar tab, but the converters in Option 2 skip unpinned Today tabs.
2. Open every Space and every profile once, so you know what should show up in the export.
3. Save your Easels: open your Library, select Easels, then Export All Easels. Arc saves a ZIP with each Easel as a web page. Easels do not move to Dia.
4. Note your Boosts. They cannot be exported and do not move to Dia, so copy any code you want to keep.
5. Export passwords separately if Arc saved them. A bookmarks export never includes passwords.

Option 1: Arc’s built-in Export Data

The final Arc release has an export of its own, described in Arc’s help article How do I export my data from Arc?

1. Update Arc to the latest version.
2. On Mac, open Arc → Settings in the menu bar and select Advanced. On Windows, press Ctrl+, and find Export Spaces and tabs in the Advanced section.
3. Select Export Data, choose where to save the file, and select Save.

Arc saves a file named Arc Data Export.md, with one section per Space listing your Favorites, pinned tabs, folders and other sidebar tabs as links. As Arc’s help article puts it, the export is a list of links rather than a bookmarks file, so other browsers cannot import it as bookmarks.

For a single folder, right-click it and choose Copy All Links; on Mac, hold Option while the menu is open to copy them as Markdown with titles.

That makes it a good safety net and a poor migration format. Keep the file even if you also use one of the options below.

Option 2: Keep your folders by converting the sidebar file

Arc stores everything you see in the sidebar in a single file called StorableSidebar.json. Free, open-source converters turn it into a standard bookmarks HTML file, with one folder per Space and your folders nested inside.

1. Quit Arc so the file is not being written while you copy it.
2. Find the file:

• Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Arc/StorableSidebar.json
• Windows: a folder starting with TheBrowserCompany.Arc_ under %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages, then LocalCache\Local\Arc

1. Run a converter on a copy of it, for example arc-export (Python, MIT license) or the browser-based export-arc-bookmarks, which processes the file locally.
2. You get a .html bookmarks file that any browser, and Linkinize, can import.

Both tools are community projects that were last updated in early 2025, so check the result against Arc before you delete anything. Pinned tabs and folders come across well; Favorites depend on the tool, and Today tabs are skipped.

Option 3: Move to Dia

If you are staying with The Browser Company, its AI browser Dia imports your Spaces, Favorites, pinned tabs and folders straight from Arc, so you do not need to export first (Arc Help Center). Passwords, extensions and history come along too, with Spaces becoming Profiles and folders becoming Pinned Tab Groups (TechCrunch). Easels and Boosts do not move over. It is the smoothest path if you want an Arc-like browser. Still choosing? We compare the best Arc alternatives for teams, from Dia to Zen and Vivaldi.

Keep a copy from Option 1 or 2 anyway. The lesson of this shutdown is that a browser’s sidebar is not a safe place for links your work depends on.

Bring your links into Linkinize

Whatever browser you pick next, you can stop tying your links to it. Linkinize is a bookmark manager for teams: shared workspaces, tags and instant search, synced to a browser extension. Your bookmarks live in workspaces in the cloud, so they show up wherever you sign in, and your team can share them.

1. Create a workspace for each Arc Space you want to keep, for example “Product”, “Clients” and “Personal research”. See how multiple workspaces work.
2. In the workspace, open Bookmarks, click the dropdown and choose Import Bookmarks.
3. Upload the .html file from Option 2, or the bookmarks export from any other browser.
4. Review the list, untick what you do not need, rename titles if you like, and confirm.

The importer reads bookmarks HTML files. If you only have the Markdown file from Option 1, open it in a Markdown editor and export it as HTML first; the importer picks up every link in it. The full walkthrough is in how to bulk import bookmarks into a Linkinize workspace.

After the import, add tags in place of the folder levels you lost, and your links sync to every device. If you ever leave, you can export your Linkinize bookmarks just as easily.

Your checklist before December 22

• Arc updated to the final version
• Every Space and profile opened and checked
• Things worth keeping pinned
• Built-in Export Data file (Arc Data Export.md) saved
• Easels exported as a ZIP
• Sidebar file converted to .html, with folders checked against Arc
• Passwords exported separately
• Links imported into their new home, and spot-checked

Frequently asked questions

Did Arc browser shut down?

Not yet. Arc keeps working until December 22, 2026. After that date you can no longer sign in to or use Arc on Mac or Windows, accounts are deactivated, and personal data is deleted within 30 days (Arc Help Center).

How do I export bookmarks from Arc to Chrome?

Convert Arc’s sidebar file into a bookmarks HTML file with one of the converters in Option 2, then in Chrome open Settings → Import bookmarks and settings, choose Bookmarks HTML File, and select it. Arc’s built-in Export Data gives you a list of links in a Markdown file, which Chrome cannot import as bookmarks.

Can I export bookmarks from Arc to Safari or Zen?

Yes, with the same bookmarks HTML file. In Safari choose File → Import From → Bookmarks HTML File; in Zen, which is built on Firefox, open the bookmarks library and import the HTML file. Check that every Space arrived, since some converters’ files import differently from browser to browser.

Does the Arc export include my passwords?

No. Neither Arc’s Export Data nor a bookmarks file contains passwords. Moving to Dia brings them along (TechCrunch); for any other browser, export them separately before December 22.

Can I import my Arc export into Linkinize?

Yes. Linkinize imports bookmarks HTML files, so the converted file from Option 2 works directly. If you only have Arc Data Export.md, convert it to HTML in a Markdown editor first.

Never lose your links to a browser again

Browsers come and go; Arc will not be the last one to shut down. Keep the links your work depends on in one place that outlives any of them.

Import your Arc bookmarks into Linkinize. It is free for up to 4 workspaces and 10 members, no credit card required.