How to use Google's cache to restore a web page. View the source code of the page. In most browser's, you can right-click and choose View Page Source. The source code is the html code that is used to render your website. Select all the code in the page source and copy/paste it into a test file in your account.
I am trying to retrieve the HTML files from visited web pages while surfing with Google Chrome. It should have been on the hard disk at some point, so it can be visualized, but I do not know where to even start.
The problem is that I need to find some visited web pages that do not reside on the same URLs or are being changed after the moment of viewing. So the records in Chrome's history do not really help at all.
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If you are lucky, then you might still find the sites in your cache. Depending on your operating system, Google Chrome stores your cache files in one of the following folders. You will need to fill in your user name where necessary.
- Mac OS X:
/Users/[USERNAME]/Library/Caches/Google/Chrome/
- Windows XP:
C:Documents and Settings[USERNAME]Local SettingsApplication DataGoogleChrome
- Windows Vista:
C:Users[USERNAME]AppDataLocalGoogleChrome
- Windows 7/8:
C:Users[USERNAME]AppDataLocalGoogleChromeUser DataDefaultCache
In order to look at the files, it is possible that you will have to add the file extensions yourself (.html
, .css
, etc.).
After a quick search, I also found this utility that lets you look at the files that are still in the cache more comfortably: ChromeCacheView.
A smart meter picture. If the website you are looking for is no longer in your local cache, the cache of Google (the search engine) might be of help. You can access a Google snapshot of the site by entering the URL of the site prefixed by cache:
into the search engine, like this: cache:www.example.org
If all else fails, do not forget to try Archive.org. Similar to the Google Cache, the website you are looking for might be stored here. Archive.org also keeps older versions of the same website, while Google just keeps the newest one.
I was able to locate html file that was cached in chrome, just has to follow below thread
Files in your local cache
Windows 7/8:C:Users[USERNAME]AppDataLocalGoogleChromeUser DataDefaultCache
I found close to 2700 files in Cache directory with random names and no extension, i then used notepad++ to find a keyword in all the files under Cache directory, I was able to find the stuff i was looking for.
I hope this is helpful.I express my gratitude to the person who posted 'Files in your local cache'
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I have this Google webcache link of Forbes.com:
Is there any way I can go to the next or previous person on that list using Google's web cache?
The 'next' and 'previous' links are in the page I linked.
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You can access the cached version for any page that has been saved by Google with this:
Change http://example.com/ to any URL. You can also create a custom search engine to go to cached versions automatically by adding a keyword before the current URL address.
You can use The Wayback Machine to view those pages. Just right click on the Next and Previous, and copy their link locations. Then paste these locations into The Wayback Machine's search bar and hit enter. For example, pasting the link of Previous
takes you back to the older version of the page dated May 27, 2009, which lists Bruce Springsteen.