Where does MS Edge (Chromium) store Favorites??

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Where does MS Edge (Chromium) store Favorites??

DisabledLivesMatter 141

I need to know this because often people lose their favorites.

Neal S 0 Reputation points

2023-02-23T20:08:07.4766667+00:00

Got it to the Bookmarks, mine does not have a Bookmarks folder?
Horace Wiggins 240 Reputation points

2025-06-03T13:09:28.3333333+00:00

This is an image that shows the address to get to Favorites/Bookmarks. This shows where they are located, you must scroll down to find them.

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Neal S 0 Reputation points

2023-02-23T20:08:07.4766667+00:00

Got it to the Bookmarks, mine does not have a Bookmarks folder?
Horace Wiggins 240 Reputation points

2025-06-03T13:09:28.3333333+00:00

This is an image that shows the address to get to Favorites/Bookmarks. This shows where they are located, you must scroll down to find them.

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Leon Laude 86,031

Hi @DisabledLivesMatter ,

You'll find the Microsoft Edge (Chromium) bookmarks/favourites over here:

C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Bookmarks

("Bookmarks" is the actual file).

(If the reply was helpful please don't forget to upvote and/or accept as answer, thank you)

Best regards,
Leon

DisabledLivesMatter 141 Reputation points

2020-11-25T18:36:38.25+00:00

That was quick!! Thank you!!

Can this location be reset with group policy??

With this setting it will go into their Citrix profile and be lost whenever the profile must be reset...

e.g. //fileserver/users/%username%/favorites

We do have folder redirection enabled.

MS' documentation is super confusing -- one cannot easily tell which version the documentation is for, old or new Edge.
Leon Laude 86,031 Reputation points

2020-11-25T18:48:23.6+00:00

Not sure what you mean by "reset", if you mean to move it then I don't think it's supported, and it's not recommended to modify this.
DisabledLivesMatter 141 Reputation points

2020-11-25T18:50:51.24+00:00

Reset Citrix profile, where this would be stored, is a common thing to do to fix Citrix problems.

Probably have to look into export/import bookmarks, can this be done with PowerShell??
Leon Laude 86,031 Reputation points

2020-11-25T18:57:47.553+00:00

I see, well there's nothing official out there, but you can have a look at this:
https://github.com/gunnarhaslinger/Microsoft-Edge-based-on-Chromium-Scripts
DisabledLivesMatter 141 Reputation points

2020-11-25T19:46:41.767+00:00

OIC thank you!! :) :) :)
Leon Laude 86,031 Reputation points

2020-11-25T19:52:36.533+00:00

You're welcome.

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Dimas Perez 1 Reputation point

2020-12-27T15:11:05.79+00:00

This is merely a text file. Can it be edited without issues? For example, I am looking to delete the "Other favorites".
George Aramoonie 6 Reputation points

2021-08-17T18:53:08.96+00:00

This answer is out of date. The current directory as of 8/17/2021 is: "AppData\Local\MicrosoftEdge\User\Default". However, the Default folder is empty.
Henrik Somogyi 6 Reputation points

2022-02-14T06:25:16.737+00:00

I have MS Edge 98.0.1108.50, and as I see it stores my favourits in the textfile Bookmarks, stored in folder
C:\Users**...*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Profile 1.

I see no folder named "Default" here.

Answer 2

Techie User 0

Bookmarks are now stored in C:\Users\ <UserName>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Profile If you sign in to Edge, Profile will be called Profile 1 \ Profile 2 \ Profile 3 \ etc If you do not sign in to Edge, the folder is called 'Guest Profile'

The file called 'Bookmarks' is in there.

Note: Other useful files in that folder to backup or copy are Custom Dictionary.txt, FavIcons, History, Preferences

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Horace Wiggins 240

This is an image that shows the address to get to Favorites/Bookmarks. This shows where they are located, you must scroll down to find them.

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