How can I preserve them? Can I import them to Edge then put them back after?
When I opened Edge it asked about something like that but at the time I hadn't reached that level of desperation yet.

I can't see a specific thing to open to accomplish that from Edge. I am not very familiar with Edge and I don't do well with online directions written by experts. Thanks in advance.

An article explaining it at my level of incompetence somehow opened and gave me the steps I needed.

You never learn anything when these things work properly. It's only when they screw up you gain new skills.

how to reverse the bookmarks back into it, and my memory usage went back to normal. When I deleted Chrome, they immediately wanted to know why, so I told them this was caused by their update. It even asked if I was going to reload Chrome and I told them that too. Maybe they had an issue with the update and now they're finding out about it.
Thanks again.

screw that noise- so many other options out there.

some company wanted me to use chrome for something and I told them I don't have it.
We ended up parting ways.

They couldn't comprehend- 'ma'am, everyone uses chrome' -

sorry MA'AM - I sure as hell don't.

I bailed on Firefox a long time ago, and I don't have enough tech savvy to be messing with the lesser known choices.

I'd like my Chrome just fine, if it doesn't stay like this.

except where places demand chrome. DuckDuckGo is ok from what I've heard.
I remember life before Internet so going back to that would be an inconvenience but adjustable and
have always kept that in mind.