Sep 27, 2024

Restore deleted Google Chrome settings

Hello,

While using the Google Chrome browser normally, all of the settings of the browser were suddenly deleted.

All the favorites/bookmarks, all the history, the tabs that were open, the shortcuts from the home page, the appearance settings of the browser - everything was suddenly deleted.

How do I restore them?

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Fred JR

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I am a volunteer not a Google employee.

Sep 27, 2024

Moshe G 999

First reboot your device just don't close the lid.

Did that fix the issue?

Fred

Fred JR

Platinum Product Expert

I am a volunteer not a Google employee.

Sep 30, 2024

Moshe G 999 said:

Indeed, but since almost all of my online activity is done through the computer, I prefer not to synchronize with other devices. I very rarely back up only the chrome favorites.

Any way, do you or anyone have any idea why all of a sudden, while I'm online, all the settings that have been working properly for years were deleted at once?
Could it be related to the activity of the antivirus ?
For the connection I had to a remote computer at work ?
Another option ?

See if this works:

First open the Bookmark Manager

To display bookmarks in Chrome, follow these steps:

1. Click the icon with three horizontal bars in the top right corner to open the control panel.

2. In the control panel, hover over "Bookmarks" to display a second menu.

3. Click the "Show bookmarks bar" text to toggle the bar on or off.

To recover deleted bookmarks in Chrome , open the Bookmark Manager and press Ctrl+Z to undo the bookmark deletion. On a Mac, press Command+Z instead.

Fred

Moshe G 999

Original Poster

Oct 1, 2024

Of course, I did it right away when my settings were deleted.

But it's not just the bookmarks. All my personal browser settings were deleted at once.

The shortcuts from the home page, the entire history, the tabs that were open at the time - and were set to open all of them with each opening of the browser - *everything* !

Does anyone know if there is a Google technical support center that can help with this ?

Thank you