I've setup a number of special search keywords, such as "yt" so I can type "yt foo" in the URL bar and have it search youtube for "foo". Unlike just about everything else, chrome and chromium don't sync these with your google account. I'd like to setup syncing for these myself, but grepping through ~/.config/chromium I can't find any reference to the keyword searches I've setup. I assume they're stored in binary format somewhere… any way to extract them, save them, and be able to import them on another box later? I see a sqlite3 database in there so I figure it might be doable.
Where Do Chrome/Chromium Store Search Keywords?
backupgoogle-chromereverse-engineersearchsync
Related Solutions
Options - Basics - Default search - Manage. This opens a dialog box that allows you to set keywords for each of your search providers. For example, I use "g" for Google, "y" for YouTube, and "z" for Amazon.
These are the same search providers that do the "Pres TAB to search..." function. As you browse the web, Chrome adds websites with search boxes here so you can use them from the address bar. You can use them either by pressing tab, or by setting up keywords.
You can use some alternative to speedbit for your downloads like Free Download Manager or Orbit Downloader. However you can try to uninstall the speedbit and then give a try to install it through customize options.
After selecting the Custom Installation option you can choose either to make it default downloader or not.
Now uncheck the checked box I think this is what which is installing the search engine on PC. Also see how to set custom search engine in Google Chrome.
Best Answer
The Chrome search keywords are stored in the
Web DataSQLite file inside the User Data folder. The exact path depends on the OS you are using:macOS
Windows XP
Windows Vista / 7 / 10
Linux