How does one export or move collections?

Question

This article says ...

As part of this change, when accessing Collections in Edge, you will be shown a notice about this gradual retirement. In this message, two boxes will appear - one to Move to Favorites and another to Export Your Data.

Neither of these options are anywhere to be found - Where are they?

How to send saved collections to Excel?

1. Open Edge browser, select Settings and more   in the upper right corner of your browser window. 
2. Select More tools > Collections.
3. Select the collection you want to send to excel and then select More options (⁠...⁠) > Send to Excel.

This is nowhere to be seen in edge version 148.0.3967.96 how do I do this?

It also says ...

Move pages to Favorites (recommended)

• Move all saved pages from Collections to Favorites with one click.
• Collections are converted into folders under Favorites, making them easier to find and manage.
• Only saved web pages (URLs) are moved. Images, notes, and other non-page items aren’t included.

Click where? Also nowhere to be found in UI - again how do I do this?

Answer 1

Hi,

When you press Ctrl+Shift+Y, do you not see this notice where options are shown to either move them to favorites or export them as .csv?

Some users have reported that these options are missing. If you are experiencing the same issue, I recommend reporting it immediately by pressing Alt+Shift+I and letting the team know there may be a problem with the migration process. While waiting for a fix, I'd like to correct the workaround suggested by Bing you posted. Here are the steps I have shared in other threads.

• Press Ctrl+Shift+Y to open Collections
• Right-click then choose Open all (n) in new window
• On the new window, press Ctrl+Shift+D so you can save all tabs to your Favorites.

Answer 2

In Edge 148, the legacy Collections UI and its export/move options described in the article have been removed as part of the phased retirement of Collections. The specific buttons mentioned (“Move to Favorites”, “Export Your Data”, and “Send to Excel”) are no longer available in the current UI, which is why they cannot be found.

What is still supported, based on the current documentation:

1. For work or school (Entra/AAD) accounts
   • Collections can still be exported for backup or offline use, but only where the “Export your data” option is exposed in the Collections experience. The article notes this is for AAD/enterprise users only and is part of the retirement flow. If that notice and button are not shown in Edge 148, the export path described in the article is not available in that build.
2. For personal Microsoft accounts (MSA)
   • Collections are no longer managed from Edge itself. Existing Collections are available via Bing Saves instead of export:
     • MSA users “will no longer be able to add new items to Collections via Edge.”
     • Existing Collections remain accessible at Bing Collections: https://bing.com/saves.
   • Export from Edge (including “Send to Excel/Word/OneNote”) is not provided for MSA users in the retirement flow.
3. “Move to Favorites” behavior
   • The “Move pages to Favorites (recommended)” option is part of the retirement notice shown in the Collections pane. It:
     • Moves only saved web pages (URLs) from Collections into Favorites.
     • Creates folders in the root of Favorites, one per Collection.
   • If that retirement notice with the “Move to Favorites” button is not present in Edge 148, there is no other documented one-click UI to trigger this conversion.
4. Older export options (“Send to Excel/Word/OneNote”)
   • The step-by-step paths such as “More options (…) > Send to Excel/Word/OneNote” and the screen-reader workflow (Ctrl+Shift+Y → Sharing and more → Send to Excel/Word/OneNote) describe the classic Collections experience.
   • These commands depended on that older Collections menu. With Collections being retired starting from Edge 145, those commands are not available in the current Edge 148 UI.

Given the current documentation, if Edge 148 does not show the retirement banner with “Move to Favorites” and “Export Your Data” in the Collections pane, there is no alternative documented in-product method to:

• Export Collections directly to Excel/Word/OneNote from Edge, or
• One-click move all pages from Collections to Favorites.

For MSA users, the supported path is to access existing Collections via Bing Saves at https://bing.com/saves. For AAD/enterprise users, export is only available where the retirement notice and “Export your data” control are actually surfaced in the product.

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References:

• Organize your ideas with Collections in Microsoft Edge
• Move collections, favorites, passwords and more from Microsoft Edge
• Create collections and export to Office apps in Microsoft Edge
• Use a screen reader with collections to stay organized in Microsoft Edge
• User data and privacy in Microsoft Edge