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Is it possible to restore deleted browser history and cookies?

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I returned home to find someone had deleted my entire browser history and site preferences. Is there any possible way to restore this? I have performed a system restore and it did not restore the history.

Windows 7 OS Intel

I returned home to find someone had deleted my entire browser history and site preferences. Is there any possible way to restore this? I have performed a system restore and it did not restore the history. Windows 7 OS Intel

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Sorry, if the system restore didn't work that data is gone.

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You can check if there is a previous version of the places.sqlite file available.

  • Right-click: Properties > Previous Versions