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DisabledLivesMatter-3766 asked HenrikSomogyi-0109 commented

Where does MS Edge (Chromium) store Favorites??

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

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LeonLaude answered HenrikSomogyi-0109 commented

Hi @DisabledLivesMatter-3766,

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).


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Leon



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This answer is out of date.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.

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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.

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

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DisabledLivesMatter-3766 answered LeonLaude commented

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.

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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.

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DisabledLivesMatter-3766 answered LeonLaude commented

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??

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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

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DisabledLivesMatter-3766 answered LeonLaude commented

OIC thank you!! :) :) :)

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You're welcome.

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