Export Google Chrome settings

Beta variations of Chrome utilize the exact same profile location as regular variations.

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Your account in Bing Chrome shops data regarding the browsing task, together with your record, bookmarks and cookies. Chrome cannot add a strategy to export your profile from in the system, but you can manually duplicate the profile data to keep a backup, go your customizations to a different computer system or put up a standardized profile for numerous computer systems within workplace.

Exporting Your Profile Data

Before exporting, you might clear your cache in Chrome to lessen how big the profile. Close all Chrome windows before continuing. Press "Windows-R, " type or paste "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\" (without quotes) in to the Run screen and press "Enter." Utilizing the right mouse button, drag the "Default" folder onto your desktop computer, a USB drive or anywhere else you want to save the profile and pick "Copy Here."

Importing the Profile

To use your exported profile, near any Chrome windows and move your "Default" folder backup into %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\ on any computer with Chrome installed. This can overwrite the present profile if you don't move or rename the present "Default" folder very first. If you're going to a different computer system, you need to put in Chrome before rebuilding the folder.

Version Notice

Information here pertains to Microsoft windows 8.1, 8, 7 and Vista. It would likely vary somewhat or significantly various other variations.