Getting a new phone shouldn’t mean losing your saved pages. The good news: bookmarks can follow you — the bad news is that each browser does it differently, and the links you saved inside apps often don’t come at all. Here’s how to move each one.

Quick answer: it depends where they live — Chrome transfers via your Google account, Samsung Internet via Smart Switch / Samsung account, and Safari via iCloud. Sign into the same account on the new phone with sync on.

Chrome (Android or iPhone)

  1. On the new phone, open Chrome and sign into the same Google account.
  2. Turn on sync (profile → Sync is on).
  3. Your bookmarks download automatically and appear under ⋮ → Bookmarks.

If sync was off on your old phone, those bookmarks lived only on that device — see how to recover bookmarks on Android. Moving between computers instead of phones? Use the HTML file method in how to export Chrome bookmarks.

Samsung Internet

  1. Easiest: run Smart Switch during the new phone’s setup to copy Samsung Internet data across.
  2. Or sign into the same Samsung account with bookmark sync on, and favorites restore from Samsung Cloud.

Full detail: Samsung Internet bookmarks.

Safari (new iPhone)

  1. Sign into the same Apple ID on the new iPhone.
  2. Settings → your name → iCloud → Saved to iCloud → Safari = on.
  3. Your bookmarks and Reading List sync to the new device.

Notice the pattern: each method only moves that browser’s bookmarks, tied to that account. If you use more than one browser, you’re doing this two or three times. And the links you saved inside apps — a TikTok recipe, an Instagram post — have no transfer path at all. New phone, and half your saved stuff is gone.

Move everything at once — Tuckii

Tuckii keeps every link you save — from any app, any browser — in one library on your device, so moving phones is one step instead of several:

  • Everything in one place — browser links and app links together, searchable, no account.
  • Move it with a backup file — export your library from Tuckii on the old phone and restore it on the new one (backup/restore is part of the optional Pro upgrade). No cloud account required.
  • Free to use every day for saving, organizing, and searching.

One library that moves with you

Stop transferring bookmarks browser by browser. Tuckii keeps every saved link in one place you control — on the App Store now for iPhone & iPad; Android coming soon.

Download Tuckii on the App Store →

Wondering where each browser keeps them in the first place? See where bookmarks are stored on Android.