Chrome history file locations

Google Chrome keeps its profile data in a per-user directory. The interesting artifacts (history, cookies, autofill, logins…) live in the Default profile folder (additional profiles are Profile 1, Profile 2, …).

Profile folder by operating system

Windows

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache

macOS

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default
/Users/<username>/Library/Caches/Google/Chrome/Default/Cache

Linux

/home/<username>/.config/google-chrome/Default
/home/<username>/.cache/google-chrome/Default/Cache

What each file holds

Data	File	Format	Where inside
Website visits	`History`	SQLite	`urls`, `visits`
Searches	`History`	SQLite	`keyword_search_terms`, `urls`
Downloads	`History`	SQLite	`downloads`, `downloads_url_chains`
Cookies	`Cookies` (in `Network/`)	SQLite	`cookies`
Form history	`Web Data`	SQLite	`autofill`
Logins	`Login Data`	SQLite	`logins`
Favicons	`Favicons`	SQLite	`favicons`, `favicon_bitmaps`, `icon_mapping`
Thumbnails	`Top Sites`	SQLite	`thumbnails`
Bookmarks	`Bookmarks`	JSON	—
Browser settings	`Preferences`	JSON	—
Session data	`Session`, `Tabs`	File-based	`Sessions/` folder
Cache	`index`, `data_#`, `f_######`	Custom	`Cache/` folder

Note: recent versions of Chrome moved Cookies into a Network sub-folder of the profile directory.

Timestamps

Chrome's SQLite timestamps (e.g. urls.last_visit_time, visits.visit_time) are stored as microseconds since 1601‑01‑01 UTC (the Windows/WebKit epoch), not the Unix epoch. This parser converts them for you automatically — drop a History file on the home page to see decoded times.

Reference: Foxton Forensics — Chrome history location.