How to Import Your Pocket Export into Blackmount

Mozilla shut down Pocket on July 8, 2025. If you exported your data before the November 12, 2025 deadline, this guide will walk you through bringing your saved links into Blackmount.

What You Have: Your Pocket Export

When Mozilla shut down Pocket, they emailed users a pocket.zip file. This is the most common export format. Inside the ZIP you will find CSV files containing:

URLs of every article you saved
Titles of each saved item
Date saved (when you originally added it to Pocket)
Tags you applied to each item

Some users who exported earlier (before the shutdown) may have an older ril_export.html file – a Netscape bookmarks HTML export from the legacy getpocket.com/export page. If you have this format, you can skip the conversion step below and import it directly into Blackmount via the /import page.

What Blackmount Accepts

Blackmount's import page accepts bookmarks HTML files (Netscape bookmark format). This is the same format used by Chrome, Firefox, and Safari for bookmark exports.

If you have a pocket.zip with CSV files, you need to convert it first. There are two ways to do this.

Method 1: Use a Converter Tool (Easiest)

Open-source tools exist that convert Pocket exports to standard bookmarks HTML. One such tool:

pocket-to-bookmark – Converts Pocket export CSV to Netscape bookmarks HTML format

Steps:

Unzip your pocket.zip file
Run the converter on the CSV files inside
The output will be a bookmarks.html file
Go to Blackmount's import page
Upload the bookmarks.html file
Your saved links will appear in Blackmount

Method 2: Manual Batch Import (No Tools Required)

If you prefer not to install a converter tool, you can import your Pocket links manually in batches:

Unzip your pocket.zip file
Open the CSV in any spreadsheet app (Excel, Google Sheets, Numbers)
Copy a batch of 20–30 URLs from the URL column
Open all of them as tabs in your browser (paste into the address bar one by one, or use a "paste and go" extension)
Save the session in Blackmount – click the Blackmount extension and save all open tabs as a session
Repeat with the next batch of 20–30 URLs until you have imported everything

This method works well for smaller libraries (under 200 links). For larger Pocket libraries, Method 1 is faster.

What Gets Preserved

Pocket Data	In Blackmount
URLs	Preserved as bookmarks/tabs
Titles	Preserved
Tags	Mapped to Blackmount tags
Date saved	Mapped to session creation date

What Does Not Transfer

Pocket Data	Why
Highlights	Pocket highlights were a proprietary feature with no standard export format
Offline cached article text	Pocket stored rendered article content server-side; only URLs are in the export
Read/unread status	Blackmount uses a different organizational model (sessions, not read queues)

If You Missed the Export Deadline

Unfortunately, if you did not export your Pocket data before November 12, 2025, your data is permanently gone. Mozilla did not retain any user data after that date.

Going forward, Blackmount captures your browser sessions natively. Every session you save includes your tabs, notes, and voice recordings, and can be exported at any time.