How To Sync Chrome Bookmarks Using Your Google Account

If you have made the switch to Chrome and don’t use any other browser then you might as well make use of its inbuilt bookmarks sync feature.

The bookmarks sync feature in Google Chrome backs up your browser bookmarks to your Google account and syncs them when you are on Chrome on a different computer.

Here’s a step by step guide to the entire process.

Click on the wrench icon given at the top right in your Google Chrome browser. Go to “Synchronize my bookmarks”.

bookmark sync chrome

In the dialog box that pops up, sign in with your Google account. After signing in, all the bookmarks will get transferred to Google’s servers.

chrome bookmarks sync

If sync feature is already enabled with your current Google account on another computer, then it’ll prompt you to confirm that your existing online bookmarks will be merged with the bookmarks on the computer you are using. Click on “Merge and sync” button to merge and sync your bookmarks.

merge bookmarks

A success notification will appear. Click OK.

sync bookmarks

That’s it. The bookmarks are synchronized now. An easy way to get all your bookmarks on any computer connected to the internet within seconds.

If you make any change in bookmarks on one computer, the change will appear immediately on the second computer. You may sync chrome bookmarks across as many computers as you want.


Written By and published on Thursday, May 13th, 2010.


  • Arunav Sharma

    chrome has all the answers to my problems.

    i am getting rid of my old pc , but wanted to save all my bookmarks.. thanks to chrome i can continue where i left with my new laptop.

    great going google dudes :)

  • bobbyd

    I also like that I can drag this text window open.Bottom right.

  • Jinal

    The new version of chrome 8.XXX has it under Options>Personal Stuff

  • franck2k5

    And how do you desynchronise? I mean, if you are on a public computer and you don’t want to leave your bookmark on it.

    • http://www.guidingtech.com Abhijeet Mukherjee

      Click on the wrench icon on the top right – go to options – personal stuff – click stop syncing this account.

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