You come to your office and sit down, turn on your computer and you are ready to continue with the investigation of the month; But when you open Google Chrome, you notice that your bookmarks are not there, much less the browsing history, we are sure that we can help you find and recover the deleted bookmarks of your Google Chrome browser. Finish reading this post and you will solve the problem faster than the technician arrives. Just perform the steps that we will show you.
Google Chrome bookmarks or “favorites”
Bookmarks, also known as favorites, are labels that you assign to the web page that you later want to consult and have on hand, in Chrome you can customize them and even put them in the sidebar.
Clever! You can now access that page easily and even from other computers and systems where you log in with your Google Chrome browser.
“Search and find” Google Chrome bookmarks
When you want to access that website that you chose with the yellow star, you simply go to the settings of your Google Chrome browser. Click on “favorites” and all the bookmarks will appear, organized into categories and folders that you previously chose. Click on the one you need and it will quickly be at your disposal.
Causes that can erase your bookmarks
The causes for your bookmarks or favorites to disappear from Google Chrome can be many and very complex; the most commons are:
- Bad timing when Google Chrome log on different devices.
- Ignore the warning of deleting favorites when using cleanup and acceleration software.
- Leaving your session open on a device with public access and someone deleted them.
We mention them briefly so that you can identify and prevent them to avoid losing your favorites again. Because at miracomosehace.com. We know that the process to compile your bookmarks can take up to years, and we hope that an incident like this does not happen to you again and so that you always keep your bookmarks you can import them into another browser.
Recover deleted bookmarks
Please go to the folder C:> Users> USERNAME> AppData> Local> Google> Chrome> User Data> Default> Local Storage. There, in that folder you will find 2 files: Bookmarks and the other Bookmarks.bak (favorites in English); In the first file all the favorites that you have saved are saved and in the second “.bak” file a backup copy of the first file is saved.
Then delete the first file and make a copy of the second file right there and you will also remove “.bak” from its name. Restart Google Chrome and your bookmarks as new. Goodbye, scare!
Another thing you can do, because the previous step is very good but not foolproof. In that case, we recommend using a special free application to recover accidentally damaged or deleted data: Data Recovery Wizard Free, to restore Google Chrome bookmarks or favorites from the recesses of your hard drive. A free and easy-to-use application:
- After installing, running, and selecting a storage disk, the scan begins.
- Then it will show you all the deleted files and all the hidden folders, check patiently and when you find them…
- Click on recover and you will have your favorites ready to work.
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