Bookmarking Star missing in Chrome Omnibox [Fix]

Not finding the star icon to bookmark pages in Chrome omnibox? Your profile might have corrupted, the fix is simple:you need to create a new profile to bring it back.

If you don’t use Chrome by signing into your browser, export your bookmarks to an HTML file, so that you can import them later or if you sync your bookmarks and other browser data to your Google account to access on other devices, sign into it and ensure all data is synced by visiting this page https://www.google.com/settings/chrome/sync.

no bookmarking icon in Chrome

Deleting Your Google Chrome Profile

Fix Bookmark star icon not appearing in Chrome address bar

1. Create a new profile.

Open your current profile folder in Windows, here is its location

Windows XP: %USERPROFILE%Local SettingsApplication DataGoogleChromeUser Data
Windows Vista/ Windows 7/ Windows 8: %LOCALAPPDATA%GoogleChromeUser Data

READ: How to Create a new Google Chrome User Profile?

Use Run command to reach there, rename ‘Default’ folder to backupdefault.

Now launch Chrome, new profile will be created, this time bookmarking icon star appears at the end of the address bar.

Has that fixed for you? Have you experienced this?

Venkat Eswarlu

Venkat is an independent technology journalist and the founder of Techdows. He has been covering web browsers, Windows, and software news since 2009. His exclusive scoops on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge features have been cited by Forbes, TechCrunch, Wired, CNET, and other major publications.

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