{"id":59,"date":"2024-04-08T23:09:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T23:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/favorites-menu.com\/?p=59"},"modified":"2024-04-08T23:09:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T23:09:08","slug":"recover-favorites-menu-chrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/favorites-menu.com\/recover-favorites-menu-chrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Recover Favorites Menu bar &#8211; Chrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662186551f416\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662186551f416\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/favorites-menu.com\/recover-favorites-menu-chrome\/#Google_Chrome_Favorites_bookmarks_menu_bar_recovery\" title=\"Google Chrome Favorites bookmarks menu bar recovery\">Google Chrome Favorites bookmarks menu bar recovery<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/favorites-menu.com\/recover-favorites-menu-chrome\/#The_Bookmarksbak_file_is_the_one_that_has_your_most_recent_Chrome_bookmarks_in_it\" title=\"The Bookmarks.bak file is the one that has your most recent Chrome bookmarks in it.\">The Bookmarks.bak file is the one that has your most recent Chrome bookmarks in it.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Google_Chrome_Favorites_bookmarks_menu_bar_recovery\"><\/span>Google Chrome Favorites bookmarks menu bar recovery<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Google Chrome seems to have gone to extra lengths to make recovering lost bookmarks as difficult as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The designers of the world&#8217;s most popular internet browser neglected to include an &#8220;undo&#8221; option while engineering the fastest and most secure internet browser. Consequently, you could conceivably delete your entire Chrome bookmarks list with one slip of a mouse with no way to recover them. Even if you were farsighted enough to make a backup, chances are the backup would probably be outdated at the time of the catastrophe. Unless, of course, you were in the habit of backing up your Chrome bookmarks on a daily basis. Something that most of us are not in the habit of doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But remember, I said it was almost impossible\u2014not impossible. So, if you&#8217;ve managed to do the unthinkable,<strong>&nbsp;do not compound the problem by closing and reopening Chrome<\/strong>. If you&#8217;ve already closed it, let it stay closed. You see, Chrome actually saves a copy of your bookmarks on your hard drive, but it&nbsp;<strong>overwrites that file<\/strong>&nbsp;each time you launch the browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Instead, launch Windows Explorer and type this address into the address bar, remembering to replace &#8220;Name&#8221; with the name you use with your windows account: C:\\Users\\NAME\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data\\Default<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Up pops a popup window with a list of files, including the ones containing your bookmarks. There are actually two such files in the list, &#8220;Bookmarks,&#8221; and &#8220;Bookmarks.bak.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Bookmarksbak_file_is_the_one_that_has_your_most_recent_Chrome_bookmarks_in_it\"><\/span><strong>The Bookmarks.bak file is the one that has your most recent Chrome bookmarks in it.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If both files are listed simply as &#8220;Bookmarks&#8221; with no &#8220;.bak&#8221; extension, you&#8217;ll need to do a little more work to determine which one is actually Chromes actual .bak file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, click on the Organize menu and select the &#8220;folder and search options.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>In the &#8220;Folder Options&#8221; window, navigate over to the &#8220;View&#8221; tab and uncheck the box next to the &#8220;Hide extensions for known file types&#8221; option. This will reveal the file extensions so that you can see which one of your bookmark files is the .bak file.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, in order to restore your bookmarks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Close all open Chrome windows and then delete the Bookmarks file and rename the .bak file as your Bookmarks file.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The next time you launch Chrome, you&#8217;ll see all your old bookmarks just as if you never deleted them in the first place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Chrome Favorites bookmarks menu bar recovery Google Chrome seems to have gone to extra lengths to make recovering lost bookmarks as difficult as possible. 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