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Lost bookmarks. I unwittingly deleted the bookmarks in the "recently bookmarked" folder. I did not know that this also deleted the same bookmarks located in my bookmark folders. Where do I go to get them back?

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I was using the Show All Bookmarks and tidying up some of the older ones that I did not use anymore. Under the folder "Recently Bookmarked" were urls that I had saved under their appropriate folders. So, being tidy, I deleted them, thinking they were duplicated. Now I find that the bookmarks that had been under my various folders have all gone. Implication is that by deleting the contents of "Recently Bookmarked" I took out ALL references to the urls, not just a duplicate record. I want to know how to find them - they are not in the Windows recycle bin.

I was using the Show All Bookmarks and tidying up some of the older ones that I did not use anymore. Under the folder "Recently Bookmarked" were urls that I had saved under their appropriate folders. So, being tidy, I deleted them, thinking they were duplicated. Now I find that the bookmarks that had been under my various folders have all gone. Implication is that by deleting the contents of "Recently Bookmarked" I took out ALL references to the urls, not just a duplicate record. I want to know how to find them - they are not in the Windows recycle bin.

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Excellent ~ glad it worked! :)

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Try restoring one of the previously, automatically backed-up Bookmarks. Refer to this help article on "Backing up and Restoring bookmarks" (see section "Restoring from backups"). Hope this helps.

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Thanks AJ. Worked a treat- just like magic. Whew! Otherwise all my ukulele urls were lost. Uke17

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Excellent ~ glad it worked! :)