How do I restore Chrome Bookmarks?

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How do I restore Chrome Bookmarks?

I accidentally deleted more than 5 years worth of bookmarks in Chrome and I'm desperately trying to restore them.

All the advice I'm seeing online says to browse to the Application Support / Google / Chrome etc...and then within it will be bookmarks or bookmarks.bak but I do not have this same folder structure as described (see my structure in the screenshot below) - and I did a search for bookmarks and bookmarks.bak but nothing came up.

I'm using OSX 10.8.5.

If anyone can help I would greatly appreciate it - I'm ill knowing that I've lost this much info and research.

Thank you!

Posted on Jun 28, 2014 2:13 PM

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Answer 1

Feb 19, 2017 2:13 AM in response to Jonny Marshall

Does anyone know how to fix this problem when it occurs on Chrome for iPhone? When I hit "clear browser cache" in Settings, it seems to have deleted all my mobile bookmarks or at least hidden them from me. I did not log out before clearing cache.

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Baara

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Apr 3, 2017 1:56 PM in response to sandblasta

Exactly!! I have the same problem :/ I've lost my Chrome bookmarks on my iPhone when I accidentally deleted the app :(

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Jul 25, 2014 4:42 AM in response to kreatism

I had the same problem. This article helped me:

http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/os-x-apps-games/309551-recover-bookmarks-chrome .html

Basically, Mavericks hides certain files for your "protection", so you have to use the "go to folder" option from the finder menu to find bookmarks.bak

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stuhlmmc

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Jan 24, 2015 11:49 AM in response to kreatism

Hey Kreatism,

I just stumbled upon this rather short thread, obviously because of making the same mistake, and was wondering if you came across a successful solution? I used the link provided from drewturn75 with unsuccessful results. I do not have the 'Chrome' folder within the Google folder, as you have shown. I'm hoping you are able to give me any insight.

Thanks,

stuhlmmc

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Answer 5

Dec 30, 2015 7:19 AM in response to stuhlmmc

Unfortunately this solution is coming a little late for you stuhlmmc (although locating this folder to backup your bookmarks may still be useful for you), but I've just discovered a solution to the missing 'Default' folder (from the thread drewturn75 posted).

If, like me, you were trying to access this via Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Google - you won't find it there, even when using the "Go To Folder" option. You must locate it within Macintosh HD/Users/jonny35/Library/Application Support/Google.

But in order for it to appear, you must first type the following into Terminal and press enter:

chflags nohidden ~/Library/

This should make the Default folder viewable.

This should work, at least if you're using Mavericks. Hopefully this will be useful to others having this issue.

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