On the computer that you want to move the Chrome profiles to:.
MALWAREBYTES GOOGLE CHROME USER DATA PORTABLE
Move the portable media to your new computer.
Export this registry key to the same portable media:.
Copy the “User Data” folder found in this path to portable media: C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\.
If the files are saved locally, make sure to move them before removing a user. This way you avoid losing data when a user profile gets removed.
Important Note: When using a Chromebook, it’s best to save files in Google Drive.
On the computer that has the Chrome profiles that you want to retain: Except as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license, and examples are licensed under the BSD License. Google considers this as the owner’s profile and it’s usually the first account that pops up in the log-in window.
The secret ingredient is to bring over the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\PreferenceMACs registry key. You’ll find many sites showing you where the profile data is stored on disk, but moving the folders alone is insufficient. Unfortunately, Chrome People aren’t synchronized with one’s Google Account, so you have to manually move them if you get a new computer. Worse, I couldn’t manage multiple clients’ Office 365 environments at the same time!īy creating a Chrome profile for each client, we can manage all of our clients’ environments simultaneously, and we retain our authentication session if we close the browser window! However, the saved credentials would be lost upon closing the Incognito browser window, which means we’d have to log in and supply the MFA code again. Before I discovered the value of Chrome profiles, or “People” in Chrome nomenclature, I would open an Incognito tab to manage a client’s Office 365 environment.