Google chrome, which is the fastest web browser, sometimes
doesn’t work properly or provides you some crashes or browse slowly due to
corrupted data. Then there is only one way to solve it that to again download the
chrome from the internet which takes much time. But you can simply delete your
old chrome profile and can give a fresh start to your google chrome (like it
works when it is newly downloaded) with the help of this article. In this
article, we will learn how to create a new chrome profile. By creating a new
google chrome profile, all the history and bookmarks of your chrome will be
deleted. However, you can restore your bookmarks.
How to Create New Profile in Google Chrome in Just 3 Steps:-
1.) First of all, close the Google Chrome Browser.
2.) For Windows vista/Windows 7/Windows 8:- Go to: My Computer
> Local Disk (C:) > Users > User name (For me it is Sony) > AppData
> Local > Google > Chrome > User Data
Or
After going to My Computer, enter the below address in the
address bar located in the top position:-
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\
For Windows XP:- After going to My Computer, enter the below
address in the address bar located in the top position:-
%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application
Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\
3.) Now search the folder named Default and rename it with the
name Backup Default. Now open your chrome browser again. It will automatically
create a new Default folder when you start using the browser.This will create
your new profile in google chrome.
To restore your old bookmarks in your new chrome profile:-
Copy the Bookmarks.bak file from the Backup Default folder
to your new Default folder. After copying, rename the file from Bookmarks.bak
to Bookmarks. This will restore all your bookmarks from your old chrome profile
to your new chrome profile but rest all of your data will not be restored from
your old profile to your new profile.
For any query, comment below.
Credits:- Yuvraj Salaria
