10 Ways | How 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 the bookmarks or lose them after update/reinstallation, 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 11/10 and Mac

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• Restore deleted, lost, missing, formatted and corrupted files
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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 Search for Lost Data to find the deleted or lost Chrome bookmarks first.
3. Go to Type > 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 at the top-right corner, go to Import bookmarks and import the recovered bookmark files by Cisdem. Then all the disappeared bookmarks will be back to your Google Chrome.

Also, you can check this YouTube video to know how Cisdem recovers your bookmarks in Chrome (starting from 02:50)

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 a bookmark in Bookmark Manager, there is an Undo action which can be applied to restore it immediately after deletion, also you can press Ctrl+Z to undo deleting the bookmark.

If Bookmark Manager was not open when you delete your bookmark accidentally, first press Ctril+Shift+O to open it and then use Ctrl+Z to undo the deletion. For Mac operating system, press Command+Z to get the bookmark back on Chrome.

3. Sync Bookmarks back in Chrome

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

1. Open Google 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. Restore Chrome Bookmarks 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 files, then open Chrome browser and recover. The process is simple but different for Windows and Mac users.

For Windows 10/11 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.
4. If it won’t load, open the Bookmark file in Chrome and manually paste the urls to Google Chrome for re-bookmarking.

For Mac users:

1. Click on Go from Apple’s menu bar, then choose Go to folder.
2. Navigate to the bookmark backup location: Library > Application Support > Google > Chrome > Default.
3. Delete the bookmarks file and remove the .bak extension of bookmarks.bak file to create a new bookmark backup file.
4. Open Chrome to automatically load and recover your bookmarks.
5. If it won’t load, open the Bookmark file in Chrome and manually paste the urls to Google Chrome for re-bookmarking.

5. Recover Bookmarks in Chrome by Importing Bookmarks

Google Chrome allows users to export and import bookmarks, if you have exported your bookmarks in HTML file to your Windows or Mac, you can get back the lost Chrome bookmarks by importing those files.

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. 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 easily 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 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. Restore Deleted Bookmarks in Chrome with DNS Cache

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 Chrome 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. Recover Bookmarks in Chrome by Searching File

Maybe you have exported the bookmarks, but the files were just lost on your device. In this case, we can recover bookmarks in Chrome 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 search bar.
3. Locate the bookmark file or move it to your desktop.
4. Repeat the steps in part 5 to import the bookmark file to Chrome.

For Mac users:

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

10. Recover Lost Bookmarks in Google Chrome Online

The last guide on how to recover bookmarks in Chrome involves the use of an online Chrome bookmarks recovery tool. It’s disclaimed not to be an official Google product, so you’d better to be cautious if deciding to try this method.

However, this tool is disclaimed not to be an official Google product, so you’d better to be cautious if deciding to try this method.

1. Navigate to bookmark backup location on your Windows or Mac according to part 4.
2. Drag the Bookmark or Bookmark.bak file to this webpage.
3. Then download the HTML file, all the bookmarks will be saved in the file.
4. Click on the 3-dot icon in Chrome, go to Bookmarks and lists > Import Bookmarks and Settings.
5. Select Bookmarks HTML File, then choose the file and import. 

Conclusion

That’s all for the complete guide to recover deleted or lost bookmarks in Chrome and most of the solutions also apply for 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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