You are trying to sign in to a device again, but you chose to clear your browsing data the last time you signed out.

Or you have at least one other device that recently synced with your browsing data.

However, you have other devices that you are signed in to and Chrome sync works with your sync passphrase.

You are trying to sign in on a new device, but you cannot remember your passphrase.

The following scenarios are not an exhaustive list, but should give you an idea of whether your browsing data can be recovered: Log back into your devices after resetting Chrome sync, and you can probably go about your business as if nothing happened.Īll of this, of course, means that you have at least one device with one up-to-date copy of your browsing data on it. It will automatically delete all data stored on the Google servers and you will be forcibly signed out of Chrome running on all your devices using the same Google account.įortunately, Chrome reset will not affect offline copies of your browsing data. However, a Chrome sync reset also has consequences.

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