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Help Where the heck are the bookmarks stored??

nashfh

nashfh

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I installed Chrome Beta and synched my desktop bookmarks, however, now I have a couple of hundred unnecessary links I'd like to delete. I have looked everywhere in the files and can't seem to find where they are stored so I can just delete en masse rather than one annoying long-press at a time.

Can someone tell me where they are stored?

Thanks.
 
They are stored in the phone memory at data/data/com.android.chrome/app_chrome/default/bookmarks

Not sure if you can do a mass delete you can view the file as text
 
Thanks. Using Astro and going to the top of the folder tree, I click on data, however the directory is empty. Any thoughts?
 
Thanks for the help. I downloaded es file explorer, but does it work on ICS? I can't get the root folder? The highest level I can move up to is /sdcard/.
 
They're in the cloud, so they may reappear. Best to go to Chrome desktop on a computer and delete them. Open the Bookmarks Manager.

And it's a good idea to use the "Bookmarks Bar" folder for the 10 or 15 that you use most. That way, on your phone you can just stay in that folder usually.
 
Jay3 said:
They're in the cloud, so they may reappear. Best to go to Chrome desktop on a computer and delete them. Open the Bookmarks Manager.

And it's a good idea to use the "Bookmarks Bar" folder for the 10 or 15 that you use most. That way, on your phone you can just stay in that folder usually.
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The thing is, I don't want to delete the bookmarks from the pc. Ideally, I'd like to have a pared down list of all my chrome bookmarks on the phone. It seems like it should be a simple task.
 
nashfh said:
The thing is, I don't want to delete the bookmarks from the pc. Ideally, I'd like to have a pared down list of all my chrome bookmarks on the phone. It seems like it should be a simple task.
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Well, if the "Bookmarks Bar" idea I posted doesn't do it for you (that's my solution), just make a dedicated folder called "Phone" and place a copy of the ones you want in there. Because Chrome for Android stays in the folder you last left it. You'll always just be in that folder, without having to navigate into it.
 
Actually, that folder already pretty much exists on the phone. It's called "Mobile Bookmarks."
 
nashfh said:
Thanks for the help. I downloaded es file explorer, but does it work on ICS? I can't get the root folder? The highest level I can move up to is /sdcard/.
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Open ES File Explorer. Hit the menu button > Settings > Home Directory > Change "/sdcard/" to "/".
 
Yeahha said:
I checked on a unrooted device I don't think you can get to the folder without being rooted
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Thanks for double-checking. I checked out various apps and strangely enough none of them allow me to batch select and delete bookmarks. Someone needs to develop it and I'll only ask for my finder's fee. :D
 
You could just clear data on chrome and not allow it to sync bookmarks. I think that is an option on it.
 
Thanks everyone. I just cleared out my desktop bookmarks, let it sync so none showed up in my phone, disconnected google from chrome and then reimported my desktop bookmarks. I just have to add my mobile bookmarks back on one by one. It's a shame that it's not something more customizable. Seems like a fairly basic concept
 
OK I have found were the android browser stores it bookmarks. YAY.
Use droid explorer, make your bookmarks, then copy data/data/com.android.browser42/databases
and data/data/com.android.browser42/app_icons

These are your bookmarks. If you copy them to another device you will have your bookmarks. ENJOY.
 
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