10 Ways to Recover Bookmarks in Chrome on Windows and Mac

Out of life and work necessity, we basically search in browser everyday, and to be efficient, we save bookmarks in our browser to have quick access to those frequently-visited websites. Bookmarking sites is indispensable, and if we delete or lose the bookmarks, we may feel extremely insecure.

As Google Chrome is used by the vast majority of users, here in this article, we will share 10 ways to restore bookmarks in Chrome, which are applicable for Windows 10, Windows 11 and Mac users.

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1. The Easiest Way to Restore Chrome Bookmarks on Windows and Mac

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• Restore deleted, lost, missing, formatted and corrupted files
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• Preview files before recovery
• Filter files and locate a lost file quickly
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How to Recover Chrome Bookmarks on Windows 10, 11 or Mac in Cisdem?

1. Download and install Cisdem Data Recovery.
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2. Select a location and click Scan to find the deleted or lost Chrome bookmarks first.
3. Go to Documents, find the Chrome bookmark files saved in html format, or you can enter keyword and use the filter to find the wanted files quickly.
4. Check the Chrome bookmark files and click Recover.
5. Open Google Chrome browser, click the three-dot icon in the browser and go to Bookmarks > Bookmark Manager.
6. Click the three-dot icon, go to Import bookmarks and import the recovered bookmark file by Cisdem. Then all the bookmarks will be back to your Chrome.

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2. Recover Bookmarks in Chrome with Undo

Google Chrome has an array of bookmark options to keep your website at your fingertip and in good order. For example, you can open, edit, cut, copy, delete, import and export, if you delete the bookmarks in this bookmark manager, there is an Undo action can be applied to restore it immediately after the deletion, but if your bookmarks are deleted by right clicking Delete directly in the browser, there is no Undo action allowed.

3. Restore Bookmarks in Chrome by Google Account Sync 

If you’re signed into Chrome with your Google account on both desktop and mobile devices, you can use the Chrome bookmark sync feature to remain the desktop bookmarks consistent with the one on your mobile phone.

1. Open the Chrome browser, click the three-dot icon and go to Settings.
2. Go to Sync and Google services.
3. Go to Manage what you sync.
4. Choose Customize sync > Bookmarks.

4. Recover Bookmarks in Chrome from Backup

It is also a standard solution to recover deleted Chrome bookmarks with backup. All that we need to do is check the local drive where your system saves the bookmark file, then open Chrome browser and recover. The process is simple but different for Windows and Mac users.

For Windows users:

1. Go to C:\Users\(YourUserName)\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default.
2. Delete the bookmarks file and rename the bookmarks.bak file as bookmark (removing the .bak extension).
3. Open Chrome to automatically load and recover the deleted bookmarks.

For Mac users:

1. Go to Library > Application Support > Google > Chrome > Default.
2. Delete the bookmarks file and remove the .bak extension of bookmarks.bak file to create a new bookmark backup file.
3. Open Chrome to automatically load and recover the deleted bookmarks.

5. Restore Bookmarks in Chrome by Import Bookmarks

Google Chrome lets users export and import bookmarks, if you have export your bookmarks in HTML file to your Windows or Mac, you can recover the deleted Chrome bookmarks by importing the file.

1. Click the three-dot icon in Chrome browser.
2. Go to Bookmarks > Import bookmarks and settings.
3. Choose the source or bookmark html file to import. Continue with Import.
4. Click Done and find the recovered bookmarks in the imported folder.

6. How to Get Bookmarks Back on Chrome via Safari or Firefox

If you have bookmarked frequently visited websites in other browsers like Safari or Firefox, you can also get bookmarks back on Chrome via this web browser.

1. Click the three-dot icon in Chrome browser.
2. Go to Bookmarks and lists > Import Bookmarks and Settings.
3. Choose Safari and click Import.

7. Recover Deleted Chrome Bookmarks from History

If unfortunately, none of above-listed methods works in your case to recover the deleted Chrome bookmarks, you might need to manually recover by browsing the history in your Chrome. This solution takes time and you may miss some websites, but it never fails.

1. Visit chrome://history in your Chrome.
2. Check out the browsing history, bookmark the websites as needed.

8. Recover Deleted Chrome Bookmarks with DNS

Another useful solution to recover deleted or lost Chrome bookmarks is using DNS cache. Actually, it is similar to restoring with browsing history, since we can get a list of recently visited websites from DNS cache, then bookmark these websites again.

To understand how to restore bookmarks with DNS cache, you can follow these simple steps:

1. Press Windows+R, type cmd.
2. Type ipcongif /displaydns and press Enter.
3. Check the list of recently visited websites, open and bookmark these website again.

9. Restore Bookmarks in Chrome by Search File

Maybe you have exported the bookmarks, but the file was just lost on your device, in this case, we can recover deleted Chrome bookmarks by searching in File Explorer on Windows, or in Finder on Mac, then take the steps in Part 5 to import the bookmarks to your Chrome for recovery.

For Windows 10/11 users:

1. Click the Windows menu.
2. Enter bookmark in the file explorer.
3. Locate the bookmark file or move to your desktop.
4. Repeat the steps in part 5 to import the bookmark file to Chrome for recovery.

For Mac users:

1. Run Finder app.
2. Enter bookmark in the search box, press Enter.
3. Locate the bookmark file or move to your desktop.
4. Repeat the steps in part 5 to import the bookmark file to Chrome for recovery.

10. Recover Deleted Chrome Bookmarks in Recycle Bin

If you have exported or backed up Chrome bookmarks but cannot find those files on your Windows 10/11 or Mac, you’d better check out the trash bin and put it back.

For Windows 10/11 users:

1. Open recycle bin.
2. Find the Chrome bookmarks file, right click to Restore.
3. Open Chrome to load the bookmarks automatically or import the bookmarks html file to recover.

For Mac users:

1. Open Trash bin.
2. Locate the bookmarks file and right click to Put back.
3. Open Chrome to automatically load the bookmarks or import the bookmarks html file to recover.

Conclusion

That’s all for the complete guide to recover deleted or lost bookmarks in Chrome and most of the solutions are also applicable to restoring bookmarks from other browsers. No matter which method you decide to use, it won’t take you long time with the steps we list for you.

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