Step-by-step guide to recovering Chrome bookmarks
Google Chrome was first released in September 2008.
As of August 2015, the most current release is version 44.0.2403.130. Of all
the major browsers, Chrome is the only one for which bookmarks may be
automatically backed-up to a user's online account. Users also have the
ability to backup Chrome bookmarks on the computer's hard drive.
To Backup Bookmarks In Chrome For Users With
Google Account
- Open a new Chrome window.
- Select the Chrome Settings button.
- Choose "Sign in to Chrome."
- Enter username and password.
- Bookmarks and settings will be automatically
loaded.
To Backup Bookmarks In Chrome To A Hard Drive or
Other Storage Device
- Open a new Chrome window.
- Select the Chrome Settings button.
- In the menu that appears choose "Bookmarks"
and then "Bookmark Manager."
- In the tab of the "Bookmarks Manager" select
the "Organize" drop-down menu in the top center of the window.
- Select "Export Bookmarks to HTML file" and
choose a location on the hard drive or other storage device where you
wish the bookmarks to be stored.
To Restore Bookmarks In Chrome From Files Save To
Hard Drive or Other Devices
- Open a new Chrome window.
- Select the Chrome Settings button.
- In the menu that appears choose "Bookmarks"
and then "Bookmark Manager."
- In the tab of the "Bookmarks Manager" select
the "Organize" drop-down menu in the top center of the window.
- Select "Import Bookmarks to HTML file" and
choose a location on the hard drive or other storage device where the
HTML file is located.
To Import Bookmarks and Favorites To Chrome From
Other Browsers
- Using the other browser save the bookmarks or
favorites in an .htm file.
- Open a new Chrome window.
- Select the Chrome Settings button.
- In the menu that appears choose "Bookmarks"
and then "Bookmark Manager."
- In the tab of the "Bookmarks Manager" select
the "Organize" drop-down menu in the top center of the window.
- Select "Import Bookmarks to HTML file" and
choose a location on the hard drive or other storage device where the
HTML file is located.
To Recover Bookmarks Accidentally Deleted in
Chrome
Unlike Mozilla Firefox, Chrome does not offer a
method by users can use to automatically undo accidental bookmark deletions.
Chrome stores user favorites in a file named
"bookmarks" located at this path:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User
Data\Default\
A second file is located in the same folder named "bookmarks.bak."
Each time Chrome starts-up the program overwrites the .bak file with the
current bookmark file.
- If Chrome is closed, do not open it again or
you will overwrite the .bak file.
- Instead, open File Explorer and navigate to
the above path.
- Delete the "bookmarks" file by right clicking
on the file and selecting "Delete."
- Rename the "bookmarks.bak" to "bookmarks" by
right clicking on the file and selecting "Rename."
- Now open a new Chrome window, the backed-up
bookmarks should now be loaded.
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