This happens when Chrome is still running in the background. Open Task Manager (Windows) or Activity Monitor (Mac) and kill all chrome.exe or Google Chrome processes.
C:\Users\[YourUsername]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Bookmarks chrome favorites location
"name": "Google", "type": "url", "url": "https://www.google.com" , This happens when Chrome is still running in the background
If you open the Bookmarks file in a text editor, you won’t see a simple list. It’s a structured JSON object. Here’s a simplified version of what you’ll find: "roots": "bookmark_bar": "children": [
"checksum": "some_hash_value", "roots": "bookmark_bar": "children": [