How to Migrate Your Pocket Bookmarks to Markwise App (Step-by-Step Guide)
Pocket is Shutting Down: Move Your Bookmarks to Markwise App in Minutes
Let’s be direct: Pocket is shutting down, and there’s no point waiting until the last minute to rescue your data. If you want a real alternative with active development and strong cross-device support, Markwise App is the way forward.
Why Markwise?
- AI-Powered Bookmark Organization: Save links and let Markwise auto-categorize, tag, and organize them—no more digital chaos.
- Smart Content Summarization: Get concise, AI-generated summaries for your saved articles so you can focus on key takeaways.
- Semantic Search & Retrieval: Instantly find what you saved, even if you forget the exact keywords.
- Chrome extension: Save any page in one click — Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera.
- Seamless multi-source import: Import Chrome's bookmarks.html or a Pocket CSV if you still have the export (bulk import is Pro).
- Cross-device sync: Same library on web, Chromium browsers, and iOS.
- Weekly digest: Ships on Pro. Not a roadmap item.
No hype. Pricing and trial length live on the site: Pro is $4.90/month or $39/year. Try Pro for $0.99 for 3 days.
Step 1: Export Your Pocket Bookmarks
Pocket emailed your export as a pocket.zip file (a CSV of your saves plus your highlights). If you already downloaded it before Pocket shut down, you have everything you need—skip to Step 2.
Older Pocket exports came as an HTML file instead. Either format works.
Already have your pocket.zip? Don't unzip it. Markwise reads the zip directly, tags and all.
Step 2: Import Your Bookmarks to Markwise
- Go to Markwise Bulk Import.
- Upload your
pocket.zipdirectly (or an HTML/CSV export if that's what you have). No need to unzip first. - Click Import. That’s it—your bookmarks, tags, and metadata will appear in your Markwise library.
If you hit any issues, contact support—real humans respond quickly.
What You Get with Markwise
- Clutter-Free Organization: AI handles categorization and tagging.
- Powerful Search: Semantic retrieval outclasses old-school keyword-only search.
- Stay Synced: All your devices, all the time.
- Privacy by Default: No third-party ad tracking, no shady data sales.
Thousands of users have already made the switch—join them and future-proof your digital knowledge base.
FAQ
Does Markwise import tags from Pocket? We automatically categorize your bookmarks into categories and tags. You can always change them later.
Is there a free plan? Yes. Start for free. Upgrade only if you need advanced features.
What about notes, highlights, or collaboration? Highlights and notes import with the save when the export includes them. Collaboration is not a claimed feature. Weekly digest is live on Pro.
If you need a Netscape bookmarks.html for a browser instead of Markwise, convert the CSV with the Pocket export converter — it runs locally.
Ready to move? Don’t risk losing your saved links to another shutdown.