Chrome Bookmarks Disappeared? 5 Ways to Get them Back!

Where did all my bookmarks go on Chrome?

Google Chrome is a cross-platform web browser from Google, used for accessing web pages on the internet. It allows you to download files for local access and add bookmarks to get quick access to your favorite and frequently visited websites. But sometimes, you may open Chrome and find that your Chrome downloads and bookmarks are gone.

We have previously introduced how to undo deleted downloads in Chrome. Here we will focus on recovering disappeared Chrome bookmarks. Common reasons for Chrome bookmarks missing are Chrome updates, Google Chrome reinstallation, using a different browser, bookmarks being deleted from the system, etc.

If you are also troubled by the disappearance of Google bookmarks, you can easily get back your lost bookmarks with the 5 effective methods on this page.

Chrome bookmarks disappeared - 5 ways to recover!

Encountered Chrome bookmarks disappeared issue and want to know how to recover my bookmarks on Google Chrome? 5 useful solutions are provided in this section. Check them out and follow the step-by-step guide to solve “bookmarks on Chrome disappeared” easily.

▶ Way 1. Recover Chrome bookmarks bar by showing it

If you notice that the bookmark bar disappeared from Chrome, you may have accidentally turned off your bookmarks display. The solution for bookmarks bar not showing up is to simply turn on the “Show bookmark bar” option.

Step 1. Open Google Chrome and tap on three vertical dots in the upper right corner.

Step 2. Select Bookmarks and tick the Show bookmark bar option to see if Chrome all bookmarks disappeared are back.

▶ Way 2. Recover disappeared bookmarks from backup

Usually, in the local Chrome folder, there would be backups of your browsing history bookmark. If showing the bookmark bar cannot fix Google bookmarks, you can try to restore Chrome bookmarks from backup without a hitch.

Step 1. Head to the directory - C:/User/UserName/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Default/ on the computer.

Step 2. Type "bookmarks" in the search bar, and you will see a list of files named Bookmarks and Bookmarks.bak. The file with the .bak extension is the latest bookmark backup that Chrome saves automatically.

Step 3. Close the running Chrome, rename the “Bookmarks” to “Bookmarks.old”, and “Bookmarks.bak” to “Bookmarks” to recover bookmarks missing in Chrome.

▶ Way 3. Restore Chrome bookmarks disappeared from exported file

If you have previously exported your bookmarks, or have the same bookmarks on another browser, you can import them into Chrome to recover the lost bookmarks.

Step 1. Tap on the three dots on the top-right of the Chrome window.

Step 2. Click Bookmarks, and select Import Bookmarks and settings.

Step 3. Select Bookmark HTML files > Choose File > select the exported bookmark file. Or, select the browser from where you are going to import bookmarks > click Import.

▶ Way 4. Restore missing Chrome bookmarks with browsing history

In general, the Google account that you log in on Chrome keeps track of all the web pages you have visited in recent days or even the past few months. If you haven't cleared your Google history, you can go through your browsing history and re-add all lost bookmarks manually.

How to get back Google Chrome bookmarks disappeared from browsing history? Here is what you should do.

Step 1. Go to Google History by clicking on three dots in the browser window > choosing the History submenu > clicking History to open all browsing histories.

Step 2. Select the URL that you wish to bookmark, and then click the star icon on the address bar.

▶ Way 5. Recover disappeared Chrome bookmarks from PC 🔥

When your Chrome bookmarks are missing and you can not find them in Chrome, you can try the reliable data recovery software - AOMEI FastRecovery to get them back from your PC.

This software is a one-stop solution to recover lost and deleted data and is safe to use. It allows you to undo recently deleted files and recover permanently deleted files with ease. You could recover deleted or lost Chrome bookmarks, histories, and other data on your computer due to accidental deletion, format, virus attack, system crash, etc.

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To fix Google Chrome bookmarks disappeared with this recovery software, you can follow the steps below to recover bookmarks in Chrome with ease.

Step 1. Download and launch AOMEI FastRecovery, find the drive where the deleted bookmarks were stored, and then click Scan.

Step 2. It will scan the drive with Quick Scan. In addition, you can use the Filter and Search bar to narrow down the scope to quickly find the files you need to recover. If the target file is still not found, click Deep Scan to search for more disappearing files on that drive.

Step 3. Select the wanted items and click the Recover button to restore disappeared Chrome bookmarks simply.

Written in the End

Losing Chrome bookmarks or favorites is not a terrible thing. There are multiple methods that you can use to recover Google Chrome Bookmarks. For people who didn't create backups for lost data, it is recommended to apply professional software like AOMEI FastRecovery to get back Chrome bookmarks disappeared or deleted quickly and easily.

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