How to bookmark a file in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave, Opera
This tutorial will show you step by step how to bookmark a file stored on your computer in your browser Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Brave, and Opera.
A few examples of files you can add to the bookmarks bar in your web browser are; PDF, HTML, XML, TXT, PNG, JPG, GIF, and WEBP files.
There are 3 methods on this page for adding a local file to the bookmarks bar of your web browser.
How to bookmark a file (method 1)
- Open your file manager (e.g., File Explorer).
- Go to the file you want to bookmark.
- Right-click on the file.
- Move your mouse cursor (pointer) to Open with.
- Select your web browser (e.g., Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave or Opera).
- Click the bookmark button to bookmark the file.
How to bookmark a file (method 2)
- Open your web browser (e.g., Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave or Opera).
- Open your file manager (e.g., File Explorer).
- Go to the file you want to bookmark.
- Minimalize the browser and file manager window and make sure both windows are visible and next to each other.
- Drag the file from the file manager window to the browser window.
- Click the bookmark button to bookmark the file.
How to bookmark a file (method 3)
- Open your web browser (e.g., Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave or Opera).
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Enter the location of the file in the address (URL) bar of your browser, like in the example below, but replace YourUsername with your username.
file:///C:/Users/YourUsername/Documents/file.pdf
- Press the Enter key on your keyboard.
- Click the bookmark button to bookmark the file.