How to Restore Chrome Bookmarks from Backup/without Backup

Is there a way to restore bookmarks in Chrome?

Bookmarks on Chrome provide a convenient and quick way to navigate to a specific site. But various reasons, such as Chrome updates, system updates, etc., may cause all important bookmarks to be lost. Have you ever encountered Chrome bookmarks disappeared suddenly? If yes, don’t worry. Chrome comes with a bookmark backup feature, which allows you to get lost bookmarks back.

In the following content, we will guide you on how to restore Chrome bookmarks from backup or without backup. Check them and recover your lost/deleted Chrome bookmarks in a minute.

How to restore Chrome bookmarks from backup

In this section, we will show you how to restore chrome bookmarks from backup file - local backup and exported backup file. Please proceed with the full tutorial below for specific steps on how to recover chrome bookmarks.

Way 1. Restore Chrome bookmarks using local backup

Typically, the Google browser stores your browsing history and Bookmarks in a local folder, where you can get two types of bookmark files - Bookmarks and Bookmarks.bak. The bookmarks.bak file is a recent backup of the Chrome bookmarks automatically created by Chrome the last time you opened your browser.

To restore Chrome bookmarks from BAK file, you can follow the following steps:

Step 1. Head to C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\UserData\Default on your computer, and search for “bookmarks” in the search bar.

Step 2. Rename the Bookmarks file to Bookmarks.old.

Step 3. Rename the Bookmarks.bak file to Bookmarks (remove the .bak extension). Then, Chrome will load the backup bookmark file when you open it.

Way 2. Restore Chrome bookmarks with exported backup

Another solution to restore Chrome bookmarks from backup is with the help of exported bookmark backup file. Google Chrome enables you to export bookmarks for backup and restore Chrome bookmarks on new computer by importing them. It lets you import from HTML files or another browser.

To avoid losing your bookmarks again, you can regularly export bookmarks for backup in these steps: click Chrome Customize and Control button (the three dots on the top right) > Bookmarks > Bookmark Manager, then tap on click again at bookmark's manager menu and select Export bookmarks.

Now, you can proceed with the instruction below to learn how to restore Chrome bookmarks from backup file.

Step 1. Open Google Chrome and click on the Settings button.

Step 2. Select Bookmarks from the drop-down menu, and then tap Import Bookmarks and settings.

Step 3. Choose the Bookmark HTML files option and click on Choose File to add the exported backup file.

How to restore Chrome bookmarks without backup

We have covered how to restore Google Chrome bookmarks from backup above. What if there is no backup file for Chrome bookmarks? Luckily, there are several methods that can help you get back missing Chrome bookmarks without backup files.

Way 1. Restore Chrome bookmarks from browsing history

A simple method is to restore using Chrome browsing history. With Chrome history, you are allowed to access the list of all visited Web pages in the last days and bookmark the page you need again.

Step 1. Click on Settings, select History, and then History.

Step 2. All browsing histories will be listed on the History page. Pick the one you want, open it, and click the star icon to bookmark it.

Way 2. Restore Chrome bookmarks with data recovery software

If your Chrome history is cleared or disappeared along with Chrome bookmarks, the only available effective way to recover bookmarks is to turn to the professional data recovery tool - MyRecover.

This powerful data recovery software helps to easily retrieve bookmark backup files on hard drive. Furthermore, it is capable of recovering deleted pictures, web pages, documents, videos, audios, emails, and other commonly used data types.

Step 1. Run the MyRecover software, hover the mouse over the drive, and click Scan.

Step 2. It will use two data scanning methods: Quick Scan and Deep Scan to detect the hard drive for deleted and lost files. You can quickly find lost Chrome bookmarks with the "Filter" feature and "Search" feature.

Step 3. Select the files that need to be recovered and click the Recover x files button to restore them to the specific location on computer.

Conclusion

In this post, two methods on how to restore Chrome bookmarks from backup and two ways about how to restore Chrome bookmarks without backup are introduced. You can choose a practicable method based on your situation to get back the missing bookmarks. Hope this article can help you.