Chrome bookmarks

I can't find the directory where the Chrome browser saves its bookmarks. Can
anybody help?
I'm using the 64-bit Win7.

On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:07:19 -0700, "Cameo" <>
wrote:

>I can't find the directory where the Chrome browser saves its bookmarks. Can
>anybody help?
>I'm using the 64-bit Win7.

Chrome doesn't have a menu item that lets you manage your bookmarks?

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Char Jackson

Cameo wrote:
> I can't find the directory where the Chrome browser saves its bookmarks.
> Can anybody help?
> I'm using the 64-bit Win7.

They claim here, the file name is "Bookmarks". And chances are, it is not
an HTML file, but some kind of binary file (because programmers think in binary
and don't give a rats ass about users).

http://www.chromefans.org/chrome-tut...-bookmarks.htm

Since that entry is from 2008, it's possible a modern version of Chrome has
an "Export" function for the bookmarks, in which case you'd want to use that
on occasion. I use Export in Firefox, once every several months, so I have
an HTML list of the bookmarks in case of trouble. Like, if I boot a foreign
OS, I might reference my HTML version of the bookmarks file, for help.

Anyway, start with a "search for the obvious" and see what pops up. Either
look for "bookmarks" or look for some other file pictured in that article,
and when that other file is found, search in the directory for anything
with a suggestive name. Chances are, the content won't be easily readable,
but it will contain the essence of your bookmarks in some form.

Paul

On 9/14/2011 12:07 PM, Cameo wrote:
> I can't find the directory where the Chrome browser saves its bookmarks.
> Can anybody help?
> I'm using the 64-bit Win7.

Just go to Chrome's tools menu, choose bookmarks/bookmark manager, and
export the bookmarks file to any folder you like.

On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:07:19 -0700, "Cameo" <>
wrote:

>I can't find the directory where the Chrome browser saves its bookmarks. Can
>anybody help?
>I'm using the 64-bit Win7.

I am using 32-bit Win7 and I find the file called "Bookmarks" is in:

C:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\

There is no extension associated with the file but any respectable
text editor will open the file (Notepad is OK - juxt change file type
to "all files").

Monty wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:07:19 -0700, "Cameo" <>
> wrote:
>
>> I can't find the directory where the Chrome browser saves its bookmarks. Can
>> anybody help?
>> I'm using the 64-bit Win7.
>
> I am using 32-bit Win7 and I find the file called "Bookmarks" is in:
>
> C:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\
>
> There is no extension associated with the file but any respectable
> text editor will open the file (Notepad is OK - juxt change file type
> to "all files").

Is it HTML or is it in some other format ?

Usually, they provide an "Export" function, when the file is not human readable.

Paul

On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 01:03:52 -0400, Paul <> wrote:

>> There is no extension associated with the file but any respectable
>> text editor will open the file (Notepad is OK - juxt change file type
>> to "all files").
>
>Is it HTML or is it in some other format ?
>

Hi Paul,

I would just call it a text file; there may be a formal name for the
layout but I don't know of one. Here is a small example:

{
"date_added": "12772548380000000",
"id": "236",
"name": "EAC - Exact Audio Copy",
"type": "url",
"url": "http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/"
},

On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 01:03:52 -0400, Paul <> wrote:

>Monty wrote:
>> On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:07:19 -0700, "Cameo" <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I can't find the directory where the Chrome browser saves its bookmarks. Can
>>> anybody help?
>>> I'm using the 64-bit Win7.
>>
>> I am using 32-bit Win7 and I find the file called "Bookmarks" is in:
>>
>> C:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\
>>
>> There is no extension associated with the file but any respectable
>> text editor will open the file (Notepad is OK - juxt change file type
>> to "all files").
>
>Is it HTML or is it in some other format ?
>
>Usually, they provide an "Export" function, when the file is not human readable.
>
> Paul

Looks like XML - eXtended Markup Language.

Steve

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On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:54:19 +0100, Stephen Wolstenholme
<> wrote:

>On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 01:03:52 -0400, Paul <> wrote:
>
>>Monty wrote:
>>> On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:07:19 -0700, "Cameo" <>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I can't find the directory where the Chrome browser saves its bookmarks. Can
>>>> anybody help?
>>>> I'm using the 64-bit Win7.
>>>
>>> I am using 32-bit Win7 and I find the file called "Bookmarks" is in:
>>>
>>> C:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\
>>>
>>> There is no extension associated with the file but any respectable
>>> text editor will open the file (Notepad is OK - juxt change file type
>>> to "all files").
>>
>>Is it HTML or is it in some other format ?
>>
>>Usually, they provide an "Export" function, when the file is not human readable.
>>
>> Paul
>
>Looks like XML - eXtended Markup Language.
>
>Steve

Oops! I'm looking at the wrong file. The export is HTML.

Steve

"Char Jackson" wrote in message
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> Chrome doesn't have a menu item that lets you manage your bookmarks?

It does, but it imports the bookmarks differently than I'd like to see them.
What I did is this:
First I exported my Chrome bookmarks on an old XP machine to a temp file.
Then I copied that file over to my newer Win7 PC, intending to import it to
the Chrome browser there.
Lastly, I used the Bookmark Manager and imported the saved bookmarks on the
Win7 Chrome browser.
The problem is that Chrome stored the imported bookmarks not in the "Other
bookmarks" folder, but in an "Imported" folder under the ">>" pull-down menu
just left of the "Other bookmarks." This makes it too many extra clicks to
get to the imported bookmarks.
Why can't Chrome organize bookmarks just as simply as IE does with the
"Favorites" menu? I figured if Chrome saved its bookmarks in plain text
format -- even if in XML structure -- I could edit them into a structure I
would like. But now you guys are saying that Chrome does not save the
bookmarks in clear text format?