Google Chrome and Firefox are certainly the most-used mobile and web browsers for internet surfing across the globe. Bookmarks are a useful tool for users on a daily basis. It might be aggravating to delete them by accident. Here’s how to get a bookmark back if you unintentionally removed it in either Google Chrome or Firefox.
How to recover deleted Google Chrome bookmarks
- Close your Chrome.
- Open File Explorer and Type Following in Address Bar: C:\Users\NAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default.
- Rename the Bookmarks file to Bookmarks.old and rename Bookmarks.bak to Bookmarks.
- When you reopen Chrome, you’ll notice your removed bookmarks. You’ll lose whatever bookmarks you’ve made since the last time you started Chrome.
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How to recover deleted Mozilla Firefox bookmarks
- Open Menu panel.
- Open Bookmark and click on Manage Bookmarks at bottom
- Click on Import and Backup button and select Backup
- Select a place to save the bookmarks-“date”.json file in the Bookmarks backup filename window that appears. By default, .json is used.
- Save the bookmarks json file to your computer. The Bookmarks backup filename window will close, and the Library window will close after that.
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Alternatively, you may restore bookmarks from Firefox backups
- To access the menu panel, click the menu button.
- Go to Bookmarks and then to the bottom of the page to the Manage Bookmarks bar.
- Select Restore from the Import and Backup menu in the Library window.
- Choose the backup you wish to restore from
The dated entries are backups of automated bookmarks. You may restore from a manual backup by selecting File.
- After picking a backup and confirming your selection, your bookmarks will be restored from that backup.
- Exit the Library application.
