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How to search and export your X bookmarks

X’s bookmarks page has no full search, older bookmarks become hard to reach, and the “Download an archive of your data” file doesn’t include bookmarks at all. Here is what works.

1. Search inside bookmarks on x.com (limited)

  1. Open x.com/i/bookmarks while logged in.
  2. Use the search field at the top of the bookmarks page, if your account has it, or scroll and press Ctrl+F (⌘F).

Both only match exact words in posts that X still shows you. Many people report that X stops listing bookmarks after several hundred, and a bookmark disappears when its author deletes the post.

2. The X data archive (doesn’t help here)

Settings → Your account → Download an archive of your data gives you your own posts, likes and messages, but no bookmarks. There is no official file of your bookmarks to download.

3. Keep and search every bookmark with Merkbar

  1. Add the Merkbar extension and click “Import X bookmarks” in its welcome tab or popup. It opens your bookmarks page on X; stay logged in and keep the tab open for a minute. No account needed.
  2. It reads your bookmarks page in your own session, slowly and politely, and keeps the full text: long posts, quoted posts, links and image descriptions.
  3. Press ⌘⇧K (Ctrl+Shift+K) on any page and type what you remember. Your X bookmarks and Reddit saves are searched together.

If a bookmarked post is deleted later, your copy stays. New bookmarks are picked up whenever you open X. Export everything as Markdown any time, one file per post.

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