How to Recover Deleted Browser History in Chrome: 6 Ways

Can browsing history be recovered once it is deleted?

When you use a browser ( like Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Safari, etc.), the browser would save some information, such as URL, log-in account and password, to make websites and apps load quickly. But what if you accidentally delete all your browsing history? Can you recover deleted history on Google Chrome? Of course, you can!

On this page, we collect 6 effective methods that can help you know how to recover deleted search history on Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, etc.

How to recover deleted browser history in Google Chrome/Microsoft Edge

How can I retrieve deleted browsing history? You can recover deleted history on Chrome/Microsoft Edge/ Firefox by using activity history, DNS cache, cookies, data recovery software, previous versions, and so forth. Follow along with us to see how to find deleted history on Google Chrome and other browsers.

Solution 1. Use activity history to recover deleted history

For how to restore deleted Chrome history, you can first have a look at My Activity, where everything you have searched, read and watched will be maintained. Even though you have removed Chrome history, the Google Activity history will not be removed. How to recover deleted Google history from My Activity?

You can go to the My Google Activity website, and search for your activity or filter by date & product to recover Chrome history.

★Tip:

For Microsoft Edge users, you can check your browsing history from Microsoft account privacy as well.

Solution 2. Use DNS cache to see deleted Internet history

DNS cache is a small database maintained by a computer, which will contain the computer’s query history, including recent website visits.

However, recovering deleted browser history with DNS Cache is not trusty because it usually contains cached data from all internet-connected apps and the cache will be erased after your restart the computer. Also, one thing is that you can only see the visited domains rather than exact web URLs. How to see deleted history in Chrome/Microsoft Edge/Firefox/Safari is listed below.

Step 1. Launch Command Prompt and input the “ipconfig /displaydns” command to press Enter.

Step 2. Then, your DNS records will come out. You can get a clue to browser history from Record Name.

Solution 3. Recover removed browsing history from cookies

Cookies are files created by the websites you visited. Cookies let websites remember you, your website logins, and preferences, and give you locally relevant content. Cookies also give you a chance to restore deleted browser history. How to see deleted search history is instructed as follows:

Step 1. Launch Chrome, click on the three vertical dots in the upper right corner, and choose Settings.

Step 2. Hit Privacy and Security on the left panel and Scroll down to find Cookies and other site data.

Step 3. Tap on the See all cookies and site data button and all the visited websites will be displayed here.

Solution 4. Restore deleted history by reinstalling Chrome

If you have enabled the Sync feature on Chrome, you can get back Chrome history by reinstalling it. This is because when you reload Chrome on your computer, all data will be re-synced to Google Chrome again.

To uninstall Google Chrome, please click Settings > Apps and find Google Drive to click Uninstall. And then, reinstall it to log in to your account and check if all deleted browser history comes back.

Solution 5. Recover deleted browser history with MyRecover

Usually, your browser history file will be stored on your computer as a local backup. The browser's history file storage locations on the computer are:

• Google Chrome: C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
• Microsoft Edge: C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft
• Mozilla Firefox: C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles

If there are no local history files on your computer, all your browsing history would be wiped. Luckily, with a data recovery utility like MyRecover, you can restore lost or deleted history files without a hitch. MyRecover is a professional recovery tool that can help you:

Scan and recover all deleted and lost data quickly and comprehensively.

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You can follow the how to recover deleted history on Google Chrome guide below to get back your missing history with ease.

Step 1. Run the MyRecover software. Hover the mouse over the drive saved deleted history files before, and click Scan.

Step 2. It will scan for all deleted and lost data on the specific drive. You can search for a folder/file name to locate the browser history file quickly.

Step 3. Choose the items you wish to recover and hit Recover xx files in the bottom left. Then, save the restored data to a new or the original location.

Solution 6. Recover deleted history from previous versions

If you don’t want to recover browser history files with a third-party tool, you can restore them from backups as long as you have created backups for the needed data. Here we take previous versions as an example.

Previous versions are copies of files and folders created by Windows backup. If you have created System Restore for Windows, they can be saved as part of a restore point as well. You can restore files from previous versions through the following steps.

Step 1. Go to the folder where your browser history file is located. Right-click the folder and choose Properties.

Step 2. Under the Previous Version tab, choose a folder version that contains the deleted browser history you want, and click Restore.

Step 3. Then, it will be restored to its original location.

Some of you probably find that the folder versions is empty. This means that there is no previous version available for you to restore.

Conclusion

When you delete browser history, it will not completely be wiped from your computer. You can rely on activity history, DNS cache, cookies, and browser installation to bring it back. If none of them help and you have never backed-up your browsing history, MyRecover will help to recover deleted browser history with a few steps.

Besides, MyRecover can do you a favor in recovering permanently deleted data, restoring formatted hard drive data, and so on. You can get it and give it a try.