You meant to clean up. Really. That folder of “Recipes I’ll Never Make” had 47 entries. So you clicked Delete . And then… poof . Along with the quinoa casserole went that one obscure forum thread with the fix for your laptop’s weird buzzing sound.

Then go find that buzzing-laptop-fix forum thread and bookmark it somewhere safer. 😉

Panic? A little. But here’s the secret Chrome doesn’t shout from the rooftops: They just go into hiding.

Copy Bookmarks.bak and rename the copy to Bookmarks (no extension).