Web browsers, such as Google Chrome, help secure your personal settings by making them visible only you. Your Chrome favorites, or bookmarks, exist in a special folder that no one can see without being logged in to your Windows user account. Depending on your Windows setup, you may be able to view this folder and the file that contains your favorites or it may initially be hidden.
Google Chrome Profiles
How can the answer be improved? Aug 02, 2015 Where are chrome bookmarks stored in windows 10. In Windows default settings, the ' AppData ' folder inside your user folder is hidden. You can just manually add AppData into the Explorer address bar to get in there, or you can simply copy the entire folder path provided by +david.king, and paste it into Explorer.
Google Chrome can generate a unique profile for each person who uses the browser. Each profile maintains its own set of extensions, passwords, bookmarks and other settings. If two Chrome profiles exist, two sets of bookmarks exist. Even if nobody else uses your computer, you may still prefer to create multiple Google Chrome profiles. One profile, for example, might contain no extensions while another may hold a variety of extensions, plug-ins and bookmarks related to a particular topic.
Bookmarks Folder
Similar to the Documents folder that holds your personal document files, the AppData folder contains personal information that only you can see when you log in to your Windows account. Applications place personal information in folders that reside within the AppData folder. Find the folder that holds your Chrome bookmarks by navigating to the following folder in Windows Explorer:
C:UsersMy_Windows_AccountNameAppDataLocalGoogleChromeUser Data
Replace My_Windows_AccountName with the account name you use to log in to Windows. If you installed Windows on a drive other than “C,” replace “C” with that drive letter.
Hidden Folders
The User Data folder has a folder for each profile that you create in Chrome. If you only have one profile, that folder’s name is Default. If you have another profile, look for a folder whose name matches that profile’s name. If you cannot find the AppData folder, make that folder visible by typing Folder Options into the search box in the Start menu and pressing “Enter” to view the Folder Options window. After you click that window’s “View” tab, you can click “Show Hidden Files, Folders and Drives” to make hidden files visible. Windows hides certain folders such as AppData by default.
Viewing Bookmarks File
Open the folder that contains your Chrome bookmarks file, scroll through the list of files and you'll find one named Bookmarks; that folder has no file extension. You will also see another file named Bookmarks.bak. This file contains backups of your regular bookmarks file. If you'd like to view the contents of the Bookmarks file, launch Notepad and press 'Ctrl-O' to display the Open window. You'll need to click the 'Text Documents (txt)' drop-down window and select 'All Files ()' so that Notepad displays all files in the file list. When you navigate to your bookmarks file and double-click it, Notepad will display its contents.
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As you know the Chrome bookmarks are our favorites places (websites) at the Daedalus Internet world. For that reason is important to have a backup copy of your bookmarks in case of profile corrupt or in case that you want to transfer them to another computer.
This tutorial contains instructions on how to backup and restore your Chrome Bookmarks (Favorites).
- Related article:How to backup Chrome Stored Credentials (Usernames/Passwords)
How to backup and restore Chrome Bookmarks.
Where Chrome Bookmarks are stored?
The Chrome Bookmarks are stored in a single file named 'bookmarks'. Chrome also stores a backup copy of your bookmarks to another file named 'bookmarks.bak'.
Both bookmarks files ('bookmarks' & 'bookmarks.bak') are stored under your user profile folder at the following location on the disk:
Both bookmarks files ('bookmarks' & 'bookmarks.bak') are stored under your user profile folder at the following location on the disk:
If you use Windows 10, 8, 7 or Vista:
- C:Users%Username%AppDataLocalGoogleChromeUser DataDefault
- e.g. If your username is 'User' then your bookmarks are stored in 'C:UsersUserAppDataLocalGoogleChromeUser DataDefault' folder
If you use Windows XP:
- C:Documents and Settings%Username%Local SettingsApplication DataGoogleChromeUser DataDefault
- e.g. 'If your username is 'User' then your bookmarks are stored in 'C:Documents and SettingsUserLocal SettingsApplication DataGoogleChromeUser DataDefault' folder.
How to Backup Chrome Bookmarks.
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If your want to backup your chrome bookmarks, then from your Chrome profile folder, copy the 'bookmarks' file to another storage location. To do that:
If you use Windows 10, 8, 7 or Vista:
- Simultaneously press 'Windows' + 'R' keys to open the RUN window.
- In 'RUN' window copy and paste the following command:
- %LOCALAPPDATA%GoogleChromeUser Datadefault
- Press Enter
- Find the 'bookmarks' file and copy it to the backup location. *
If you use Windows XP:
- Simultaneously press 'Windows' + 'R' keys to open the RUN window.
- In 'RUN' window copy and paste the following command:
- %USERPROFILE%Local SettingsApplication DataGoogleChromeUser Datadefault
- Press Enter
- Find the 'bookmarks' file and copy it to backup location. *
* Suggestion: Backup (copy) also the 'bookmarks.bak' file (bookmarks backup file) just in case that the original bookmarks file 'bookmarks' has corrupted. At this case, just rename the 'bookmarks.bak' file to 'bookmarks' and you 're done!
How to Restore Chrome bookmarks.
1. In order to restore your bookmarks, exit Google Chrome on then navigate to Chrome profile folder: To do that:
- If you use Windows 10, 8, 7 or Vista:
- Simultaneously press 'Windows' + 'R' keys to open the RUN window.
- In 'RUN' window copy and paste the following:
- %LOCALAPPDATA%GoogleChromeUser Datadefault
- Press Enter
- If you use Windows XP:
- Simultaneously press 'Windows' + 'R' keys to open the RUN window.
- In 'RUN' window copy and paste the following:
- %USERPROFILE%Local SettingsApplication DataGoogleChromeUser Datadefault
- Press Enter
2. Copy and paste the 'bookmarks' file from the backup location, inside the 'Default' folder.
3. Finally open Google Chrome and you 're done.
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