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Where to find cached files of previously visited web pages - Google Chrome

I am trying to get HTML files from visited web pages while surfing with Google Chrome. It had to be on the hard drive at some point, so it can be rendered, but I don't know where to start.

The problem is that I need to find some visited webpages that are not on the same URLs or that change after the moment they were viewed. So Chrome history entries don't help at all.

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Files in local cache

If you're lucky, you can still find sites in your cache. Depending on your operating system, Google Chrome stores your cache files in one of the following folders. You will be required to provide your username if required.

  • Mac OS X:
    /Users/[USERNAME]/Library/Caches/Google/Chrome/

  • Windows XP:
    C:\Documents and Settings\[USERNAME]\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\

  • Windows Vista:
    C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\

  • Windows 7/8:
    C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache

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You may need to add file extensions yourself ( .html

, .css

etc.) to view the files .



After a quick search, I also found this utility that allows you to more conveniently find files that are still in the cache: ChromeCacheView .

Google search engine cache

If the website you are looking for is no longer in your local cache, the Google (search engine) cache can help. You can access a snapshot of a Google site by specifying the site's URL with a prefix cache:

in a search engine, for example:cache:www.example.org

Archive.org

If all else fails, be sure to try Archive.org . Similar to Google Cache, the site you are looking for can be saved here. Archive.org also keeps older versions of the same website, while Google just keeps the newest version.

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I managed to find the html file that was cached in chrome, just have to follow below stream

Files in local cache

Windows 7/8: C: \ Users [USERNAME] \ AppData \ Local \ Google \ Chrome \ User Data \ Default \ Cache



I found about 2700 files in the Cache directory with random names and no extension, then I used notepad ++ to search for the keyword in all files under the Cache directory, I was able to find the stuff I was looking for.

Hope this is helpful. I would like to thank the person who posted " Files in Local Cache "

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