How to Back Up Browser Notes and Links to Google Drive

To back up browser notes and saved links to Google Drive, first check what your browser already covers: Chrome sync saves bookmarks and settings to your Google account, but not the notes, snippets and link sets stored inside extensions. For those, use the extension's own backup. In SuperCommands, turn on Google Drive backup and it saves to your own Drive every 24 hours, keeping up to 15 versions.

It matters the day you switch laptops, reinstall Chrome or remove an extension by mistake.

What does Chrome sync back up?

Sync covers the browser's own data, not each extension's.

• Covered: bookmarks, history, passwords, open tabs, settings and the list of installed extensions, when you are signed in with sync on.
• Not covered: notes, snippets and saved tab sets stored inside an extension. Reinstalling the extension brings back the extension, empty.

How do I export my bookmarks as a backup file?

Chrome can save all bookmarks to one HTML file you keep in Drive.

1. Press Ctrl + Shift + O (Command + Option + B on Mac) to open the bookmark manager.
2. Click the three-dot menu at the top right, then Export bookmarks.
3. Save the HTML file, then upload it to Google Drive.
4. To restore, use Import bookmarks from the same menu.

Edge and Brave have the same export in their favorites and bookmark managers.

How do I back up SuperCommands notes, links and snippets to Drive?

SuperCommands keeps your data on your device by default. Turn on Drive backup to also keep a copy in your own Google Drive.

1. Open Settings, then Drive & Backup. Details in the Drive & backup docs.
2. Choose Google Drive and connect your account.
3. Backups then run every 24 hours. Click Backup to Drive now before big changes.
4. Check Backup history for past versions; up to 15 are kept. Export as Excel gives you a spreadsheet copy too.

• Scenario: before moving to a new laptop, click Backup to Drive now, check the newest entry in the history, then install SuperCommands on the new machine and connect the same Drive.
• Limit: backups go to your Drive, not to a shared team space.

SuperCommands is free and open source. The local version is 100% free, forever.

What goes wrong with browser backups?

• "I synced, but my notes are gone." Sync never copied extension data. Use the extension's own backup.
• Old backups only. Drive backup runs every 24 hours; anything written since the last run needs Backup to Drive now.
• Wrong Google account. Backups go to the Drive you connected. Check the account in Drive & Backup settings.

Which one should you pick?

• Pick Chrome sync for bookmarks, passwords and settings across devices.
• Pick Export bookmarks for a one-off file you control.
• Pick SuperCommands Drive backup for your notes, link sets and snippets, saved daily to your own Drive. For organizing what you back up, see how to save a group of links and notes in your browser.

FAQ

Does Chrome back up extension data?

No. Chrome sync reinstalls your extensions on a new computer, but their stored data, such as notes and snippets, is not included.

Where do SuperCommands backups go?

To the Google Drive account you connect, which you own. Without Drive backup, data stays only on your device.

How often does SuperCommands back up?

Every 24 hours, keeping up to 15 versions. You can also run a backup at any time with Backup to Drive now.