Restore Bookmarks from disk backup

Brave Browser Desktop Support
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Hi Guys,

I need some pointers here - my PC (windows 10) just completely froze - shock - not related to Brave as far as I’m aware. I had to force shut down. When I rebooted and re-opened Brave all of my bookmarks have disappeared, the folders are still there but they are empty.

I guess my question is a 2 part one:

  1. Where does brave store these bookmarks ? I couldn’t find the file ‘session-store-1’ as detailed here.
  2. I have backups of my disk made every 15 minutes - if i were to go back to just before the crash and look for the bookmarks where should I look? Does the location & name differ when Brave is not running?

Thanks in advance for your support!
G

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Hi @goatbee_430,

Welcome to community and thanks for reaching out!

Try the following steps: Go to Settings --> Appearance --> Show Bookmarks Bar and toggle option to on.

Let me know if that doesn’t fix the issue!

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Hi Steeven,

Magic! Thanks for getting back to me. That has restored my bookmarks - however - previously they would only appear when I opened a new tab. This behavior I quite liked as it frees up a few valuable pixels on the screen & removes some distraction. I’ve had a look through the settings and can’t see anything, do you have any ideas?

Thanks again!
G