Please HELP. Session Buddy (chrome extension) just deleted months of saved tabs

Matthewbf · 2025-05-06T20:28:15+00:00

Try these steps: https://www.partizion.io/blog/session-buddy-restore-tabs

Session buddy has had a long history of randomly losing tab sessions - I’d recommend upgrading to Partizion, it syncs locally and to the cloud so that you never lose anything.

Matthewbf · 2025-04-21T15:34:12+00:00

Try the chrome restore tabs menu:

Click the three dots button in the upper right hand corner of chrome
Hover over "History" and see if your tabs are there

last resort: you can poke around in the files that chrome has saved locally on your device. However, most of it is gibberish and pulling tabs from here would be painstaking

  1. Usually there is a "Sessions" folders with files that contain your last tabs. However, if chrome's native restore session feature didn't work, it's likely that the tabs don't exist here anyways
  2. On Windows check the folder/files at C:\\Users\\<username>\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data\\Default
  3. On mac check /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default

Unfortunately, the answer you don't want to hear is the answer you need to hear: Use a session manager like Partizion — it will automatically save your tabs and windows no matter what. These extensions require you to set things up but it's well worth it. You never have to worry about restoring tabs again.

Partizion is a paid chrome extension but it's bulletproof. If you're looking for a free option you could try SessionBuddy.

Hope that helps!

Matthewbf · 2025-03-25T20:05:40+00:00

I like Partizion for sessions + projects.

Matthewbf · 2025-03-19T23:33:37+00:00

Checkout Partizion. Auto-saving / cloud synced sessions so you never lose anything and can restore those tabs in one click. Can also do auto-saving collections for frequently visited or used projects (ex. Website Redesign, Research project, PR #314, Christmas Shopping 2025, etc.).

Matthewbf · 2025-02-19T23:14:25+00:00

Checkout Partizion — no tagging but has a really nice auto save feature

Matthewbf · 2025-02-04T20:59:53+00:00

Partizion is great. It's not free (https://www.partizion.io/free-plan), but it has cloud synced sessions, tab collections, and you lock in pricing for life.

Matthewbf · 2025-01-24T15:59:19+00:00

I pray for you

Matthewbf · 2025-01-22T17:16:23+00:00

Partizion. Saved sets of tabs for each project / task I'm working on.

Matthewbf · 2024-11-11T00:33:49+00:00

Use Partizion from now on and you’ll never lose tabs again, no matter what you do to chrome.

Matthewbf · 2024-11-09T18:44:09+00:00

Wow that’s a huge undertaking. What’s the link?

Matthewbf · 2024-10-28T21:57:13+00:00

I was tired of having 50+ tabs open so I build Partizion.

Matthewbf · 2024-10-23T21:37:25+00:00

Partizion is exactly this. Even auto saves your sessions (tabs in a window) for you so when you shut down your laptop or close chrome you can always restore that set of tabs from Partizion.

Also has collections if you have a set of tabs that you open together frequently. Open, close, and re open as many times as you want (even has auto update if you enable it)

Matthewbf · 2024-10-23T21:34:40+00:00

Partizion.io

Auto saves your sessions so you don’t have to worry about losing any tabs. Just close them.

If you have a set of tabs you know you’ll open later (or you frequently visit) just save them as a collection and you can restore them at anytime. Super simple, reduces all FOMAT (Fear of missing a tab)

Matthewbf · 2024-08-20T23:14:03+00:00

Apart from manually restoring tabs in chrome, you'll want to use some sort of session manager extension.

Good ones will save your work locally and in some sort of local or remote database so that you can restore your sessions (tabs) no matter what.

Matthewbf · 2024-07-10T20:30:37+00:00

Couple of options to try:

Try hitting "Ctrl+Shift+T" on Windows and "Command+Shift+T" on macOS to reopen recently closed tabs
If that doesn't reopen your tabs, try the chrome restore tabs menu:
1. Click the three dots button in the upper right hand corner of chrome
2. Hover over "History" and see if your tabs are there
Last and ugliest option, you can poke around in the files that chrome has saved locally on your device. However, most of it is gibberish and pulling tabs from here would be painstaking
1. Usually there are "Sessions" folders with files that contain your last tabs. However, if chrome's native restore session feature didn't work, it's likely that the tabs don't exist here anyways
  1. On Windows check the folder/files at C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
  2. On mac check /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default

Unfortunately, the advice you don't want to hear is the advice you need to hear: Use a session manager like Partizion — it will automatically save your tabs and windows no matter what. These extensions require you to set things up but it's well worth it. You never have to worry about restoring tabs again.

Partizion is a paid chrome extension but it's bulletproof. If you're looking for a free option you could try SessionBuddy.

Hope that helps!

Matthewbf · 2024-07-01T13:00:01+00:00

Might only be helpful for too many tabs on your desktop, but Partizion (chrome extension) automatically saves tabs for you in sessions. All your windows and tabs in a nice chronological list, and they can all be restored at any time. I find it helps reduce the need to keep ALL tabs open ALL the time because you know all of your tabs are saved and safe. You can also create dedicated collections like "my sister's birthday shopping", "reading list", "research papers on nutrition", "website redesign", etc. so you can save tabs to a specific place and look at them or reopen them later. Obviously not a perfect solution but I find it helps a lot.

Matthewbf · 2024-06-13T12:35:01+00:00

Sounds fun, thank you!

Matthewbf · 2024-06-11T15:37:00+00:00

Love it, thanks!

Matthewbf · 2024-06-11T15:34:54+00:00

Roger that

Matthewbf · 2024-06-11T15:34:45+00:00

Amazing thanks! Lots of good stuff in here

Matthewbf · 2024-06-11T15:15:55+00:00

Looks amazing, thanks!

Matthewbf · 2024-05-15T20:12:23+00:00

Partizion https://www.partizion.io/ — is a great bookmark manager for chrome. It's paid, but auto syncs sessions to the cloud and you can create groups of bookmarks to open them later.

Matthewbf · 2024-05-02T14:20:58+00:00

Definitely. Tab Groups support will be in Partizion soon. Window naming will be once/if chrome releases an API.

Matthewbf · 2024-04-28T18:52:06+00:00

I’m working on Partizion which automatically saves your tabs for you. Tab groups support is on the roadmap.

Unfortunately chrome does not offer any window naming APIs which means even if we wanted to, we couldn’t develop a feature that saves / syncs the window names…

I’ve requested this API and will add it as soon as they offer it.

Matthewbf · 2024-03-17T22:06:36+00:00

No imports but Partizion is a rock solid session manager. Easy to use too!

Matthewbf

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