On October 22, 2026, The Browser Company announced that Arc will stop working on macOS and Windows on December 22, 2026. Accounts will be deactivated that day, and the personal data tied to them will be deleted within 30 days. New Arc accounts can no longer be created.
That leaves two jobs before the deadline: pick where you're going, and get your sites out. This guide covers both.
What happens, and when
- October 22: no new Arc accounts. Arc keeps working for existing users.
- November 23: the AI features on iOS and Android turn off.
- December 22: Arc stops working on Mac and Windows, and accounts are deactivated.
The full timeline is on arc.net.
If you loved Arc as a browser
The Browser Company is pointing Arc users to Dia, its newer browser. Dia's built-in importer brings over your Spaces, Favorites, pinned tabs, and folders straight from Arc, so if Dia suits you, that's the shortest path.
Several other browsers now offer a sidebar and Spaces much like Arc's. If that layout is the part you'll miss, try one of them before December.
If what you'll miss is your pinned tabs
For a lot of people, the best part of Arc was what sat in the sidebar: the sites you open every day, pinned and grouped by Space. Those don't have to live inside a browser at all.
How to get your pinned tabs out of Arc
Arc has an Export Data option in its settings (Settings > Advanced on Mac and Windows). Arc says it saves your Spaces and tabs as a list of links.
If you want a standard bookmarks file instead, the kind every major browser and most start pages can import, there's a free open-source script called arc-export. It reads Arc's sidebar file and writes a bookmarks HTML file:
- Quit Arc.
- Download arc-export from GitHub and run it. It's a small Python script; the instructions are on its GitHub page.
- You'll get a file with a name like
arc_bookmarks_2026_10_24.html. Each Space becomes a folder, with your pinned tabs and pinned folders inside it. - Import that file wherever you're going next.
Two things don't come along: Favorites and your unpinned Today tabs. Pin anything you want to keep, and run the script before December 22.
Where Abunch fits
We make one of these, so read this part with that in mind.
Abunch is a personal homepage: your sites grouped into categories you name, on the page your browser opens to. It's a web page, so it works in whichever browser you move to, and if you switch browsers again, your sites stay put.
You can import the arc-export file directly. We tested a file in that format: each Space and each pinned folder became its own category, nested folders were flattened, and empty Spaces were left out. Your Daily sites sit up front, and on the Standard plan the Occasional ones live on a second desktop a click away. Daily and Occasional appear in the app as Active and Reserved.
There are no widgets, no feeds, and no ads. You can export your categories and links as a JSON file on every plan, including the free one. The free plan works as a homepage by itself. Standard adds the second desktop, much more room, and the option to publish your categories to Explore. Current limits and prices are on the pricing page.
If you'd rather not start from an empty page, you can copy a ready-made collection instead.
Make it the page your browser opens to
If your sites end up on a start page, make it your homepage: in your new browser's settings, choose to open a specific page on startup and paste in its address. It takes about a minute.
Best for
Dia: you want Arc's way of browsing, with everything imported in one step.
Another browser with a sidebar: you loved Arc's layout but want a browser from a different company.
Abunch: Arc was mostly your pinned sites, and you want them on one calm page that works in any browser and that you can export on any plan.