How to recover my deleted bookmarks in Google Chrome – Windows

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A bookmark or favorite in Google Chrome is a saved link in the form of an icon. In other words, a quick access to a Web site that we want to bookmark in order to access it again more easily. If you have deleted them you should know that it is possible to recover the bookmarks .

In addition, the process of recovering the bookmarks can be done from any device. In the same way, it is recommended to export copies of the Google Chrome bookmarks in order to maintain a backup to prevent them from being lost if they cannot be recovered.

How to recover my deleted bookmarks in GOOGLE CHROME – Windows

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  1. How can you save a page to your Chrome bookmarks?
    1. From your PC
    2. with your mobile
  2. What methods to use to recover your deleted bookmarks from Chrome?
    1. Go to Chrome Bookmarks Recovery Tool
    2. Export items manually
    3. Import your lost bookmarks

How can you save a page to your Chrome bookmarks?

Google Chrome is similar for any device, of course you can save a bookmark on any cell phone or computer that uses it, since the application gives us that option. Learn how to do it as follows:

From your PC

On your computer you can easily save a bookmark or favorite, no matter what page it is. In other words, you can do it with download links, social networks and web of any kind, to save a site as a bookmark you must:

  1. Open the Chrome browser on your PC.
  2. Go to the page or website you want to save.
  3. Click on the star-shaped icon, it is in the search bar.
  4. Assign a custom name if you want as it is optional.
  5. Choose where to save the bookmark, either in the default folder or you can create a new one.
  6. Click on ‘Done’ and your bookmark will be saved.

A very useful Tip is that on your PC you can hide the Chrome bookmarks bar so that nobody sees it, of course in case you want to keep it private, just press Ctrl + Shift + B  and you will notice that it appears and disappears by using the key combination.

with your mobile

From your cell phone you can save bookmarks in a similar way to the PC , the difference is that the star icon is not visible so you must make it show. Learn how to do it as follows:

  1. Open the Chrome app.
  2. Open the page you need to save.

 

 

 

 

  1. Click on the option to display the options menu, it is represented by 3 vertical points.
  2. Tap on the star-shaped icon and you’re done.

An important fact is that when you save a bookmark from your mobile, a floating window is displayed with the option to ‘Edit’.  If you want to modify your bookmark, click quickly on it, before it disappears.

 

 

In the same way you can access from the favorites panel , to edit any saved bookmark, either on the same mobile or PC, since if you use the same account, the favorites will be synchronized on all the devices you want. But when disabling synchronization in Google Chrome you should know that this will not be possible.

What methods to use to recover your deleted bookmarks from Chrome?

There is a method to recover bookmarks in Google Chrome , but you should know that you need a backup, it is created automatically so you should not worry, when installing Chrome on our PC the folders where our data is saved are also created navigation and user. To recover your bookmarks you must do the following:

Go to Chrome Bookmarks Recovery Tool

With this tool you will be able to recover your deleted bookmarks and make them show up again in your browser. It is very simple to do it, you just have to:

  1. Open your Windows File Explorer (Windows + E).
  2. In the top bar write the path C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data (You can copy and paste).
  3. Use the ‘find’ tool to find the ‘Bookmarks’ file(There may be several shown, especially if you have more than one user).
  4. Select all the Bookmarks files shown.
  5. Go to Chrome Bookmarks Recovery Tool page.

Export items manually

Now that you have the recovery tool open, all you have to do is manually export , for this:

  1. Drag all the selected files to the tool.
  2. Click on the option that activates the one that says ‘Download list’and the number of bookmarks found.
  3. An HTML file is downloaded to your PC.

Import your lost bookmarks

  1. In your Chrome browser go to the ‘Bookmark Manager’
  2. Click on ‘Import bookmarks’
  3. Choose the downloaded HTML file.
  4. Click on ‘OK’ and voila you should have your deleted bookmarks recovered.

 

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