Accidentally deleted Google Chrome bookmarks?

Question

So I accidentally deleted a really important bookmarks folder in Chrome a few hours ago. I need to restore my bookmarks, I've tried restoring my computer to an older point ( 2 days ago ) using Windows backups- however, this doesn't restore them. There seems to be only one method I've found that seems to work for people however this requires Chrome to have not been closed after the bookmarks have been deleted. Can anyone help me?

Answer 1

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!forum/chrome ....

Answer 2

have you deleted your browser history, if not you might be able to find some that way. also do you use your chome sign in on another device if so disconnect it from the internet click on chrome and your bookmarks should still be there



This was also on a previous post, I just copied and pasted it



First thing’s first: Don’t close and reopen Chrome. If Chrome is already closed, leave it closed. Chrome saves a single backup of your bookmarks file, and it overwrites the backup each time you launch Chrome.



Launch Windows Explorer and plug the following location into its address bar, replacing “NAME” with the name of your Windows user account:



C:\Users\NAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrom... Data\Default



The folder contains two bookmark files – Bookmarks and Bookmarks.bak. Bookmarks.bak is the most recent backup, taken when you last opened your browser.



If you don’t see the .bak file extension and just see two files named Bookmarks, click the Organize menu and select “Folder and search options.”



In the Folder Options window, click over to the View tab and uncheck the “Hide extensions for known file types” option. You’ll now see the previously hidden .bak extension.



To restore the backup, close all open Chrome browser windows. With Chrome closed, delete the Bookmarks file and rename Bookmarks.bak to Bookmarks.



You’ll see your deleted bookmarks when you relaunch Chrome. Any bookmarks you’ve created since you last launched Chrome will be lost.

Answer 3

Make sure you don't re-launch Chrome!



On XP: Go to C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\on Vista: C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\



You have to have Hidden Folder enabled to find these directories. Otherwise, just paste it in to you address bar and press enter.



Once there, you should see a bunch of files. Two of which are called "Bookmarks", and "Bookmarks.bak". Copy the Bookmarks.bak file to a safe location. Now, close Chrome. Rename the "Bookmarks.bak" file you just copied to "Bookmarks", and copy it back in to that directory, overwriting the original one.



There may be a chance it it's too late, 'cause if you close and re-launch Chrome, the Bookmarks.bak file gets overwritten =\



Hope this helps - and I'm also gonna have to say that Chrome should be a lot smarter with you bookmarks. We really need a Ctrl+Z option >_>