Browsers like Safari, Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge save your internet search history and bookmarked webpages on your iPhone. With iBackup Extractor, you can browse through your local iPhone backups and save this data to your computer. You can then easily open your saved pages on your computer, save them to a spreadsheet for efficient record-keeping, or import bookmarks into a different browser.
Before you start, ensure you've installed iBackup Extractor on your PC or Mac.
All webpages which were stored in your Safari history at the time your backup was made will be shown.
All bookmarks stored in your browsers at the time your backup was made will be shown, maintaining any folder structure you set. You can access bookmarks from Safari, Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge with iBackup Extractor.
iBackup Extractor can access your internet data stored in backups of your iPhone or iPad. With it, you can access content of local backups made with iTunes, Apple Devices or Finder on your computer.
You can extract Browsing History from Safari; and Bookmarks from Safari, Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.
To switch between Bookmarks and History, simply click the relevant headers (PC) or folders (Mac).
Clicking a bookmark or webpage from your history in iBackup Extractor loads a preview of that page. To open it in your default browser, click "Open in Browser".
To select the bookmarks or history you want to export:
You can export selected bookmarks and browsing history from iBackup Extractor in several formats, depending on how you want to use them:
| Option | Available on | Best for | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copy as Shortcuts / Copy to Mac | Windows, Mac | Quick access to websites | Saves each webpage as a shortcut file (.url on PC or .webloc on Mac) that opens directly in your default browser. |
| Copy as Webpage | Windows | Viewing, archiving and importing | Creates a single HTML file containing your selected bookmarks or browsing history, which can be opened in any web browser. The HTML can be used to import bookmarks into a different browser. |
| Copy to CSV | Windows | Organising or analysing data | Exports your bookmarks or browsing history to a spreadsheet format, compatible with apps like Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets. |
After choosing an option, you'll be prompted to select where to save the file on your computer.
If you exported your bookmarks as an HTML file, you can import them into a different internet browser on your PC.
To do this, access your browser's Settings, find Bookmarks, and select the option to import bookmarks from an HTML file.
