Google Chrome Bookmark Folders - Can you Undo 'Reorder By Title'?

In my Google Chrome v53, I have hundreds of bookmarks groped into around 20 folders. Folders were arranged as they were created over a period of time. Certain links that I access frequency were always on the visible part of the bookmarks bar and others grouped into various folders.

Unfortunately while in bookmarks manager, I accidentally clicked ‘Reorder by Title’ and now all my top level folders and links are sorted alphabetically and folders occupy visible part of the bookmarks bar pushing those frequently accessed links to bottom of the list which can be accessed by clicking the Right Arrow at the extreme right corner .

Is there any way to undo this operation and restore the original order the way it was?

There’s no Undo available within Chrome’s options though, for this particular action.

Thanks.

patkim

Posted 2017-02-18T18:08:08.807

Reputation: 3 699

My previous answer was incorrect. 'Reorder by Title' permanently changes the position of bookmarks. However, they still have their date saved, so you can export, switch the position of DOM elements by some script, and import your bookmarks back. I'm working on a quicker solution. – doriclazar – 2017-02-18T23:17:17.047

Answers

Found one. Recent Bookmarks extension can do this.

doriclazar

Posted 2017-02-18T18:08:08.807

Reputation: 166

Thanks for your inputs. I shall try this extension and let you know. – patkim – 2017-02-19T15:30:08.053

Not too sure how this extension works but it seems to be listing all bookmarks without the directories in some order. However I have manually moved the bookmarks to their original places to the best of my memory! – patkim – 2017-02-22T10:14:37.467

Try click again the 'Sort by name' so that the undo button appear again. Click on the undo to see whether your original order come back. Mine works.

Ms. Young

Posted 2017-02-18T18:08:08.807

Reputation: 1