Where are Google Chrome Bookmarks Stored?
If you’re looking for where Google Chrome stores all your bookmarks, you can easily access the bookmarks tab with just a few clicks on the browser, under which you’ll be able to make different modifications to the web addresses stored therein.
However, I believe this is something even a tyro should know. Thus, if what you’re looking for is the folder where Chrome stores the files for your bookmarks, you’re at the right place. Here, you’ll find a concise, intelligible guide that you can follow to locate the bookmarks file in your File Explorer.
Read on below to find out!
How to Locate Chrome Bookmarks File
The most common reason for Windows users wanting to locate where Chrome bookmarks are stored is to export the bookmarks to another browser. You may have to do this manually as some browsers don’t have the option to import bookmarks from another browser automatically.
Speaking of the folder where your bookmarks are stored, you can locate it in your C Drive via File Explorer. Follow the steps below to access it:
- Open File Explorer from your desktop
- Locate the folder AppData via C:Users/(YourUserName)
N.B: With the above steps, you should find the AppData folder in your C Drive if it’s not hidden on your computer. Skip to step 6 in this guide if that’s the case. Otherwise, keep following the steps below to tweak a few settings that’ll allow the folder to appear.
- To allow hidden folders to appear on File Explorer, click the View tab from the top menu
- You’ll find a Show/hide section from the options therein. Tick Hidden Items to unhide folders on File Explorer
- Now, try to open the folder AppData again using the directory C:/Users/(YourUserName)
- Once in the AppData folder, click on Local
- Navigate to and click on Google from the options
- Next, open Chrome and then User Data
- In the User Data folder, you should find another folder named Profile 2. Click on it.
- If you can’t find a folder named Profile 2, you can find Profile 1 instead or even Default, depending on the number of profiles you have logged onto your Chrome browser
- Whichever of the folders above you click on, you’ll find in it the bookmark file with a txt or bak extension
You can open the bookmark file with the in-house NotePad++ to ascertain if it’s the right one you’re looking for. Otherwise, you can exit the current Profile folder and select another one under User Data to see if it has what you’re looking for.
Once you’ve confirmed that the bookmark file has the web addresses you’re looking for, you can copy, cut, or even delete the file, depending on what you intend to use it for.
Final Note
With the steps I’ve highlighted above, you should be able to find the bookmarks file in File Explorer. However, if you still can’t find it despite enabling Hidden Items as demonstrated earlier, the problem might stem from a glitch in Windows or Chrome itself.
When this is the case, you can restart Windows or update your Chrome to the latest version and then try locating the bookmarks file again.
