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Google Chrome stands out from the other web browsers. Even though Google Chrome has a lot of great features, it doesn’t have a Restore Deleted Chrome Bookmarks button. This means that if you accidentally delete your bookmarks, you will have to figure out how to get them back on Chrome.
When we want to save important pages, most of us use bookmarks. But at some point, you may need to change or remove old bookmarks that you no longer need. But if you do this, you might delete important Chrome bookmarks by accident, which is a problem.
Restore Bookmarks in Chrome on Android/iPhone
Reset Sync
- There should be at least one device that has synced the bookmarks before their deletion from the phone.
- You have not opened Chrome on the other device after the bookmarks are deleted. If you accidentally open Chrome on that device, the bookmark changes of the Android phone will reflect on that device as well.
If you fulfill the above preconditions, then follow the below steps to learn how to restore deleted bookmarks in Chrome by resetting sync:
- Open the Chrome browser from your phone and go to Settings.
- Tap Sync and then tap Review your synced data.
- Scroll down and tap Clear Data. Afterward, tap OK to confirm your choice.
- Open the Chrome browser on the device that still contains your bookmarks and sign in to your account and turn on sync. This way, all the browsing data stored on that device will get uploaded to that Google account.
- Open the Chrome browser from your Android phone again and sign in to your Google account. Once done, go to bookmarks manager and there you will see all the bookmarks restored successfully.
Recover Chrome Bookmarks On Windows
Using Local Backup
- Open the Windows file explorer and click the address bar.
- Paste C:\Users\NAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default. You need to write your Windows username in the place of “Name.”
- Now press Enter to open the said directory. A new page will load where you can see locally stored files of Chrome.
- Scroll down to bookmarks and see if you can find the file Bookmark.bak. This is the latest backup of the bookmarks in the chrome browser, including the deleted bookmark.
- If you are unable to see the bookmark.bak file, you need to enable the show extensions. For that, click on the Files menu and select the Change folder and search option.
- A new window will appear- click on the View menu.
- Under the Advanced Settings, uncheck Hide extensions for known file types.
- Click on OK to confirm the new settings.
- Now, check if you can see the Bookmarks.bak file.
- Now, rename the “Bookmark.bak” file to “Bookmark” by removing
Recover Chrome Bookmarks on Mac
- From Spotlight Search, find the Time Machine application. Open it and locate it by tapping the arrow after the window to locate the time before you deleted the Google Chrome bookmark file.
- Now, select the lost file you wish to recover and tap on the Restore button.
FAQ
Where is the Location of Chrome Bookmark on Windows & Mac?
On your Windows PC, if you would like to locate the folder where Google Chrome stores your bookmarks, you could try to navigate to the user directory and then follow the path AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default for Win 11/10/7. For Win XP, please head to the user directory and follow the path “Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Use Data\Default”.
On Mac
If you are using a Mac computer, to find your Chrome bookmarks, you will need to navigate the path /Users/your username/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default. The Default folder is usually hidden. For you to view the folder, you will need to enable hidden folders.