Restore Deleted Safari Bookmarks on Mac with/without Time Machine [Big Sur]

How to Recover Accidentally Deleted Safari Bookmarks on Mac?

"I accidentally deleted all bookmarks in Safari on my MacBook while I was trying to delete browsing history. I didn't notice that I was in the Bookmarks folder and pressed Command + A and Delete. I searched online frantically for hours to find a solution to recover deleted Safari bookmarks on Mac."

Unfortunately, none of the fixes I tried from online worked. Please help - I've got two years' worth of bookmarks, some of which are crucial for my college courses.

In most cases, restoring lost Safari bookmarks on your Mac is similar to recovering deleted files on a Mac using Time Machine or a third-party Mac data recovery tool. If you need quick access to your missing bookmarks or don't have a Time Machine backup, follow Part 1 and use a professional Mac data recovery tool to restore your Safari bookmarks quickly and effectively. If you do have a Time Machine backup, proceed with Part 2.

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Part 1: Recover Deleted Safari Bookmarks without Time Machine

Without Time Machine backup, you should turn to a third-party Mac data recovery software to retrieve Safari bookmarks as soon as possible. Here, you may have a try on the Mac Data Recovery Master – an expert and powerful tool that can thoroughly scan and restore Safari bookmarks lost due to deletion, browser crash, hard drive issues, and more other reasons.

Since Safari is the default browser, its bookmarks are easy to find. Most of the time, Safari Bookmarks are saved in the Home/Library/Safari folder as a file named Bookmarks.plist.

So it's clear that the software needs to be installed on the system drive, and you select your Mac's system disk. You then use the Data Recovery Wizard to attempt to retrieve your lost Safari bookmarks.

Step 1: Search for the Lost File

Select the disk location where you want to search for lost files (it can be an internal HDD/SSD or an external hard drive), and then click the “Search Lost Files” button.

Note: Before data recovery, it's recommended to click “Disk Backup” from the left sidebar and create a backup of your HDD/SSD to prevent further data loss. After the backup, the software can recover data from the disk image, and you can use the HDD or SSD again.

Step 2: Preview the scanning result

The program immediately scans the disk volume you select and displays images, files, audio, video, and email on the left.

Step 3. Select the files and recover them

Click on Preview Data, and then hit the “Recover” button to get them back.

After it finishes, you can copy the recovered SafariBookmarks.plist file back to its original location on your Mac and save your changes. Or, you can import your recovered Safari bookmarks by opening Safari and choosing File > Import Bookmarks….

Part 2: Restore Deleted Safari Bookmarks from Time Machine

If you accidentally delete or lose Safari bookmarks on your Mac, you can try restoring them from Time Machine. It's free and efficient, so it should be your first choice. Let's see how to recover Safari bookmarks with Time Machine.

Step 1: Press Command-N to open a new Finder window.
Step 2: In Finder, hold down the Option key and select Go > Library.
Step 3: In the Library, open the Safari folder. You'll see a file named Bookmarks.plist, which contains all your Safari bookmarks.
Step 4: Click on and launch your Time Machine, then choose "Enter Time Machine".
Step 5: Time Machine will run in your Safari window. Browse back to the point in time when you accidentally deleted the bookmark.
Step 6: Once you've located the exact date and time, click Restore.

Choose whether to keep the original (which will replace the current file) or both. Depending on your choice, click the appropriate button. Generally, you'll want to keep both so that you can recover your lost bookmarks while still keeping any new ones you've added.

Conclusions

Safari bookmarks are a recoverable file format that you can restore with or without Time Machine. Sometimes, Time Machine may not work properly due to corruption or other issues.

Then, it would be your best choice to use Mac data recovery software. If you have other issues with your Mac, you can go to the Mac file recovery source page for solutions.