How to Backup and Restore Google Chrome's Entire Settings
Backing up and restoring your Google Chrome settings can help you to easily transfer your bookmarks, saved passwords, and other important data to another computer or to recover your settings in case of data loss. Here's how you can backup and restore your Google Chrome's entire settings:
- Backing up your Google Chrome settings:**
Step 1: Open Google Chrome and click on the three-dot menu icon located in the top-right corner of the window.
Step 2: Select "Settings" from the drop-down menu.
Step 3: Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the "Advanced" option.
Step 4: Under the "Advanced" section, click on "System".
Step 5: Toggle the switch next to "Use hardware acceleration when available" to turn it off.
Step 6: Scroll back up and click on the "Sync and Google services" option.
Step 7: Click on "Manage sync" under the "Sync your Chrome data" section.
Step 8: Click on "Sync everything" and then click on "Turn off" to disable syncing.
Step 9: Go back to the "Settings" page and click on the "Advanced" section again.
Step 10: Click on "Privacy and security".
Step 11: Under the "Privacy and security" section, click on "Clear browsing data".
Step 12: Select "All time" in the "Time range" drop-down menu.
Step 13: Check the boxes next to "Browsing history", "Download history", "Cookies and other site data", and "Cached images and files".
Step 14: Click on the "Clear data" button.
Step 15: Close the Google Chrome browser.
Step 16: Open the File Explorer and navigate to "C:\Users\your_user_name\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data".
Step 17: Locate the "Default" folder and copy it to a safe location on your computer or to an external hard drive.
Congratulations! You have successfully backed up your Google Chrome settings.
- Restoring your Google Chrome settings:**
Step 1: Open Google Chrome and close any open tabs.
Step 2: Close Google Chrome.
Step 3: Open the File Explorer and navigate to the location where you saved the "Default" folder.
Step 4: Copy the "Default" folder.
Step 5: Navigate to "C:\Users\your_user_name\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data".
Step 6: Rename the existing "Default" folder to "Default_backup".
Step 7: Paste the copied "Default" folder into the "User Data" folder.
Step 8: Launch Google Chrome.
Congratulations! You have successfully restored your Google Chrome settings.