How to configure Chrome managed bookmarks

If you're looking to configure the bookmarks available in managed Chrome, you can use the below format. More examples can be found via Google's documentation.

[
  {
    "toplevel_name": "Company bookmarks"
  },
  {
    "name": "Homepage",
    "url": "mydomain.com"
  },
  {
    "children": [
      {
        "name": "HR",
        "url": "mydomain.com/hr"
      },
      {
        "name": "Submit a ticket",
        "url": "mydomain.com/it-support"
      }
    ],
    "name": "Internal URLs"
  },
  {
    "name": "Android resources",
    "url": "bayton.org/android"
  }
]

Be aware on managed Android devices, bookmarks can't be placed on the home screen. For that use case, you should consider web apps instead.

Other things to consider -

• The order you input the subfolders and URLs reflects directly in Chrome
• If you input a child folder (eg: "children"), ensure you list the name (eg: "name":"Internal URLs")
• All normal json rules apply. You can use a json validator to be sure it's valid before committing it
• If Chrome doesn't show the bookmarks, though other configs (eg homepage) change, the syntax is invalid