Force Chrome to sync bookmarks?

I've been using Chrome's built in bookmark sync which seems to work well.

Is there a way to force Chrome to do the sync as opposed to waiting for the alloted 'sync time'?

Update: Seems to sync when I restart Chrome, so that works. Would be nice to have a "sync button" equivalent..

Marcus Leon

Posted 15 years ago

Reputation: 2 323

1A restart actually does not always force an update. – Acumenus – 11 years ago

1How is this still not fixed! I've been waiting all day, tried everything on this list and gone through several computer restarts and it still isn't synchronizing. 5 years and this is still an issue? I don't get it. – aviemet – 9 years ago

– cregox – 14 years ago

Did you change your password recently. That can mess things up I've found. – Andrew Redd – 14 years ago

Answers

Another way to make a change is to bookmark a new page and delete the bookmark. This will force chrome to sync the bookmarks.

shanzhen

Posted 15 years ago

Reputation: 281

For those of you impatient like me, this DOES work, it just takes a couple minutes. (literally 2 minutes for me) – trex005 – 9 years ago

1Yes this worked for me! Much better solution! Thank you. – jackocnr – 14 years ago

Way better solution here! – mbb – 13 years ago

This is a way to force sync of all Chrome Sync features manually.

Go to Settings > Extensions, click to check Developer mode if it is not already enabled, and then click the Update extensions now button.

At this point, a sync occurs immediately for extensions, bookmarks and all Chrome Sync features. You may then check from your chrome address bar the chrome://sync/ page and observe on Local State / Last Synced, it should say "Just now".

Iason Yannis Schizas

Posted 15 years ago

Reputation: 161

One can alternatively check the sync status at https://www.google.com/settings/chrome/sync. It shows the "Last time synced".

– Acumenus – 11 years ago

Although the technique in this answer has worked for me in the past, it is not reliable. It did not work for me today, at all. – Acumenus – 10 years ago

Seeing this, I finally feel confidient that Chrome have really synchronized my bookmarks. I have once lost my bookmarks added in three months sometimes ago. – zwcloud – 8 years ago

You'll have to manually log out and log back in.

In Google Chrome Options, in Bookmark sync section: Click: Bookmarks Synced -> Stop Syncing this account.

Then in Bookmark sync section: Click: Synchronize my bookmarks. And log back into your Google account.

"Last synced" should then be updated to "Just now".

spong

Posted 15 years ago

Reputation: 1 929

I found that when, in Advanced Sync settings, synch everything was set that Bookmarks sync showed as "disabled by user"

When looked at the debug info, (Type this into chrome: )

chrome://sync/

If you see that bookmark synching is disabled then, in Advanced Sync settings, you can switch synch everything to choose what to sync and then uncheck bookmarks , save , and then re-check bookmarks.

Alex

Posted 15 years ago

Reputation: 464

In settings click Manage your synced data with GOOGLE DASHBOARD. Check number of synced bookmarks. Than add new one. Check again in the same way. If number is changed than your sync is up to date, and you can safely reinstall windows/chrome or whatever are you doing.

Marko M.

Posted 15 years ago

Reputation: 11

Just had the same problem. I opened my chrome browser on my mobile device, went into settings and clicked on my email address. It opens the Services window and I clicked on Sync then turned it off, backed out then went back in and turned it back on. I had to sign back into chrome at that time and after that everything was updated from bookmarks I had just deleted and added all in the last 20min. Hope this works for you too.

jeff

Posted 15 years ago

Reputation: 11

In case if it is not syncing with mobile device, uninstall the app (or app updates) and sign into Chrome again.

Yuvraj Patil

Posted 15 years ago

Reputation: 101

This is an old question, but I did find it here from googling this exact problem, so let me share what I found:

When I typed chrome://sync, the browser suggested chrome://sync-internals. And sure enough, the Trigger GetUpdates button seems to trigger sync.

Hope this helps!

Victor Souza

Posted 15 years ago

Reputation: 1

It saves your bookmarks in a special Folder in your Google Docs account. So anytime a single change is made, it is saved..."in the cloud" :D

user23004

Posted 15 years ago

Reputation: 19

Even if this is how it works, it doesn't answer the question which is how to force it. – Chenmunka – 10 years ago

It's supposed to be called Google Bookmarks, but I did not find that in my account – zeta – 7 years ago

Is this true? I've looked for a folder and don't see it. – CoryR – 14 years ago