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Chrome bookmarks gone after an update

Opened Chrome this morning and my bookmarks bar is empty, all folders gone. Same Google profile as before. Sync was supposed to be on. Is there a file on the PC I can restore them from?
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ratan87 Nov 05, 2026
leah.menon
Before restarting Chrome again, look in this folder: C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default. There's a file called Bookmarks and one called Bookmarks.bak. Copy the .bak somewhere safe NOW, Chrome can overwrite it on the next start. Then close Chrome, rename Bookmarks to Bookmarks.old, rename your copy of the .bak to Bookmarks (no extension) and put it back. Open Chrome. But check the simple thing first, click your profile picture top right. Updates sometimes open a different profile and your bookmarks are sitting fine in the original one.
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