Google is discontinuing Google Bookmarks on September 30

Google will discontinue the Google Bookmarks service on September 30. The bookmarks tool will no longer be available at that point, including through third-party apps, and users will no longer be able to export bookmarks after that time. This does not include bookmarks in the Chrome browser.

Google Bookmarks is a service released by Google in 2005, and is older than Chrome. Most users will rarely have to deal with Google Bookmarks as they use Chrome’s bookmarking option. The service was mainly used by some third-party apps for syncing bookmarks between different devices, for example GBookmark. Yet there are users who still use the servicefor example, if they have more than one browser on their Android phone or as their home page on their Chromebook.

Users will now receive a notification at the top of their screen that the service will no longer be supported as of September 30. They are prompted to export their bookmarks before then if they want to keep them. Google does not provide more details. Google Bookmarks emphatically has nothing to do with the bookmarks stored in Chrome. Chrome uses its own bookmark manager.

According to 9to5Google closing Bookmarks does not affect saved locations in Google Maps, although they are now also saved in Bookmarks. Google says that saved locations with a star will continue to be accessible in Google Maps.