Where Are Edge Favorites Stored? 5 Recovery Ways if Deleted

Edge is the defaulted web browser in Microsoft Windows, it is designed with a useful feature called Favorites, which is equivalent to Bookmarks feature of Chrome. With Favorites, users can create a quick access to their liked pages and manage them at any time.

Maybe you are wondering where is the storage location of Edge Favorites, or looking for solutions to recover deleted even lost Edge Favorites when deleted them by mistake, this article is for you. 

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Where Are Favorites Stored in Edge?

As is known to all, though Microsoft Edge is the preinstalled web browser on all Windows 10 and 11 devices, it also works on other platforms, like macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android. Here we will focus on the Edge bookmark file locations for computer system, which can be easily accessed.

• Windows: On both Windows 10 and 11, Edge favorites are stored in the same place. The path is C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default. The favorites can be found in a file named Bookmarks.

You may find there are 2 bookmarks files, one is with .bak extension, while the other is not. The file named as Bookmarks, is the active version of your Edge Favorites that contains data like URLS, folders, names, time, etc. Whenever you make changes to the Favorites list, this file will be updated. While the fie names as Bookmarks.bak, is an automatic backup file created by Microsoft Edge to save the latest version of Edge bookmarks. 

• MacOS: For macOS users, Edge favorites are located in the user library folder. We can usually access them at /Users/(username)/Library/Application Support/Microsoft Edge/Default. Likewise, favorites are available in the “Bookmarks” file.
• Linux: On Linux, Microsoft Edge saves favorite files in this directory: /home/(username)/.config/microsoft-edge/Default. The file named Bookmarks contains the saved Favorites data.

That said, if you are unable to locate your Edge bookmarks in the specific locations aforementioned, the favorites might be deleted, lost, missing, or just hidden out of some unknown reasons. Now it’s time to read on for finding your Edge favorites back.

How to Recover Microsoft Edge Favorites if Deleted or Lost?

As per different reasons that potentially cause Microsoft Edge favorites missing issue, we have gathered 5 options to recover favorites from Edge browser efficiently and easily. Go to pick out the exact one that suits your case most.

#1 Recover Deleted/Lost Edge Favorites with Software

When we can’t find Edge favorites in Windows File Explorer or elsewhere they should be, one possible scenario to be considered is that the bookmark files have been removed somehow from computer. In this case, it would be better to take a third-party data recovery program, which is guaranteed to complete the recovery process with minimum efforts. One such program we would recommend is Cisdem Data Recovery.

Cisdem Data Recovery is dedicated to restore deleted and lost files from various storage media compatible with PC or Mac, such as HDD, SSD, USB drive, digital camera, SD card, video player, etc. Besides Microsoft Edge favorites and bookmarks on other web browsers like Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, it can also recover other 1000+ types of files: documents, photos, videos, audio, archives, emails and so on. With Cisdem Data Recovery, users will need little professional knowledge to deal with any tricky data loss situations.

More reasons to consider Cisdem Data Recovery:

• Restore recently and permanently deleted files
• Recover data lost under different scenarios
• Retrieve files from internal and external storage devices without backup
• Recover 1000+ file types: videos, audio, photos, documents, emails, archives, etc.
• Support SD Card/NAS/Linux/RAID/Partition/Crashed PC recovery
• Repair corrupted documents, images and videos
• Recover unsaved Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
• Preview files before recovery
• Save scanning process and load records to save time

Steps to recover deleted or lost Microsoft Edge Favorites:

1. Free download and install Cisdem Data Recovery.
   Free Download Windows 11/10/8/7 Free Download macOS 10.15 or later
2. Launch it on your computer. In Hardware Disk, select the drive or a specific folder where Edge favorites are stored, and click Search for Lost Data to start scanning.
3. Go to Type > Bookmarks > edge, Cisdem will list all recoverable Edge favorites in the folder.
4. Preview the Edge favorites file, select the one you need to recover, and click Recover to restore them back.
5. Then open Edge, click ... > Favorites > ... > Import favorites > Import browser data now > Favorites or bookmarks HTML file and click Import to recover the deleted bookmarks into your Edge.

#2 Search for Edge Favorites in File Explorer

Rather than being deleted, another possibility is that the Edge favorites are misplaced or their locations are modified. Under this circumstance, to make clear where Edge favorites are stored, it’s suggested to search them with Search tool in File Explorer. The instructions are as below:

1. Go to This PC.
2. Input “favorites” in the search box > press Enter to initiate a search. You’re allowed to click Search > Kind > Document to filter the search results and locate missing Edge favorites quickly.
3. Once you locate the Bookmarks file, you should move them to the correct path according to part 1. Then relaunch Edge to see if the Favorites are back to your PC.

#3 Check if Edge Favorites Are Hidden

Alternatively, the disappeared bookmarks in Edge could be hidden due to virus or malware infection, system re-installation, app crash, human error, etc. What you need to do is unhide these files and get lost favorites back. Here’s the tutorial.

1. Open This PC, navigate to C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default.
2. Select View tab > Options > View, check if “Show hidden files, folders, and drives” has been chosen. If not, select it, click Apply and OK to show up your favorites in Edge.
3. Then check if the Bookmarks files are back or not. And relaunch your Microsoft Edge if the file shows up.

#4 Restore from History

If you cannot find the Bookmarks file on your PC, or there is no hidden file on your computer, have a try to restore the Favorites on your Edge according to the browsing history then, as you may have opened the favorite pages recently on your devices.

1. Open Edge on your PC.
2. Then click "..." icon from menu bar, go to History.
3. You can browse a recent history, all history and history list from other devices to find out your favorites pages.
4. Open the pages from history list, and click the star icon to add the pages to your Favorites again.

#5 Recover Edge Bookmarks from Backup

Most web browsers allow their users to import or export bookmarks, so is Microsoft Edge. If yours are lost, you can import Edge favorites from bookmarks in Chrome, Firefox, IE, also you can import from the HTML file that you exported via Edge/Chrome/Firefox before. It works just like a backup and can be used when needed. This is how to achieve it.

1. Click on the Favorites icon > select 3 dots for more options > click Import favorites.
2. Choose a method to import the favorites, from other browers or from a HTML file.
3. Then click Import.
4. Open Edge, the missing favorites in Edge will be restored properly.

FAQs

1. Where are Microsoft Edge Favorites stored on Windows 10?

C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default

2. Where are Microsoft Edge Favorites stored on Windows 11?

Same as that on Windows 10.

C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default

3. Why Edge Favorites disappeared?

This can be caused by various reasons, app glitches or human errors, but mainly focus on following factors:

• Sign into the wrong account when the PC is shared
• Sync issues like interruption due to internet connection (especially with VPN ON), or conflicts when too many changes are made
• Incorrect date and time settings
• Long titles or special characters in Bookmarks file/name
• Windows updates reset the app data and cause data loss
• Outdated Edge works improperly
• Insufficient storage on PC
• Conflicts from antivirus software or other 3rd party apps
• Accidentally delete the Favorites folder or Bookmarks file in defaulted directory

4. Why Restore Deleted Favorites icon is missing?

It is not missing, it is just removed.

From Edge version 128.0.2739.42 on, the tool "Restore deleted favorites" which was designed to recover favorite pages in the last 28 days, is not available anymore. 

5. How to recover deleted Favorites folder in Edge?
All the Favorites pages and folders are stored in the same file "Bookmarks" or "Bookmarks.bak" mentioned in part 1. Therefore, you can use the same methods of recovering a deleted Edge Favorites to restore the deleted folders in Edge. The key is to find the bookmark file, or locate a copy, then import to your Edge and relaunch.

Final Words

Can’t find the favorites in Microsoft Edge web browser? Back in the beginning of the article, we have explained the original locations where Edge favorites are stored for Windows 10, 11, even for macOS and Linux. If bookmarks are not found as expected, Cisdem Data Recovery would be a nice try to restore them back, no matter they are deleted, lost or merely hidden.