Every browser comes a new user profile where all of your favorites, page/search histories, addons, cookies, preferences and other settings are stored.Any computer user always runs the risk of losing his data due to program or computer crash. If you use Firefox as your Primary Browser, you may prefer to back up regularly to guard against the possibility that their profile gets corrupted or wiped after installing a new extension or a new version of Firefox.
What is New (Wednesday, February 19th – 2020)
1. [ADDED] – Portable Firefox Support
2. [ADDED] – File – “Firefox links” feature reads from .ini file
3. [ADDED] – Ability to open the backup folder from the action menu
There are some ways to back up:
1. Use a backup utility
2. Do it yourself manually
3. Use Firefox Sync function
Backing up Firefox manually is as simple as copying their respective profile folders to another location. For example;
Key4.db : contains a key used to encrypt and decrypt saved passwords
logins.json : stores the encrypted names and passwords
Places.sqlite : stores the annotations, bookmarks, favorite icons, input history, keywords, and browsing history
Cookies.sqlite : is used to store cookies between sessions
If you do that, you’ll have a full backup with all your setting and personal data saved. Syncing is NOT as good as backing up because it is usually not Long-Term , syncing will not ensure that your files are safe and You can’t trust your vital computer data to syncing; you must back it up. When you back something up to a hard drive or external HDD/USB flash drive , they stay there until you decide to delete them. If you need a file from last week, last month or last year, it will be there exactly the way you backed it up.
Backup and restore Your Firefox Bookmarks , Passwords and settings
Backing up of important data is always a smart thing to do. “Simple Firefox Backup” is a portable Freeware Tool that will help you easily create back-up copies of your Mozilla Firefox data . The software is an automated version of the manual method it does not read your passwords, and doesn’t change any files. Passwords and bookmarks are Private data.There can be no justification for reading them (For example “Key4.db” file). The software which can read the encrypted Passwords can steal them too, please stay away from such software, if you want to see your passwords, just type “about:logins” into the Firefox’s address bar. (Be very careful with the software that reads the passwords)
How to use Simple Firefox backup
Run the appropriate exe file (x64 or x86) and click second button (Create Firefox Backup)
Your backup has been created with time stamp. On GUI you will see the Backup Folders names like Firefox Backup 1,2,3 … To Restore one of them choose it and use First Button (Restore Backup), or just Right click on it and use Restore backup feature. You can also delete one/some or all of the backup folders with using trash can button.
On default settings Simple Firefox Backup create a backup with 9 Files , but you can choose which files to back up for example if you don’t want to backup “search.json.mozlz4” file choose File – Open Config File and set the search.json.mozlz4 number to 0
1 – Simple Firefox Backup will backup it
0 – Simple Firefox Backup will Not backup it
How to use Simple Firefox Backup with portable Firefox
You can use Simple Firefox Backup to save your Portable Firefox Settings, Passwords , Bookmarks , Plugins … usw
1. Choose File – Firefox Portable option
2. Select the “firefoxportable.exe” file
NOTE : “Simple Firefox Backup” use current user profile which set by default for the backup
Simple Firefox Backup has Cmd parameter support
You can use Cmd commands to backup to a different location.
fBackup.exe /C C:\TestFolder\
To restore a backup from different directory use following cmd parameters
fBackup.exe /R C:\TestFolder\
You should choose Simple Firefox Backup because , it is Portable , it is Up to date , it doesn’t read your Passwords and very simple to use.
Supported operating systems: Windows 11 , Windows 10 , Windows 8.1 , Windows 8 , Windows 7 – (both x86 and x64)
Supported languages: English
File: fBackup_x64.exe – Virustotal
MD5: bbd9629f4877c906fe8ae510abcbaac6
SHA1: f947d08e1a3a7972b8dfdf6e851c3c818da52215
File: fBackup.exe – Virustotal
MD5: 4691bc4eec7700ce5cdadf0bbb336ebd
SHA1: 44c88785b7ae79f8da350d6ed6baabdab2f7b37f
Backup extensions (plugins) and there settings is impossible?
Also, is there a similar utility for chromium or cromite (chrome fork)?
Thanks.
Simple Firefox Backup is a portable application and creates backups in the FirefoxBackup folder.
You can check File -> Firefox Portable, select the portable Firefox application and use it for portable Firefox. For the regular version, you need to uncheck Firefox Portable.
For an easier solution, you can make a copy of the application and use it separately for portable and regular Firefox.
We do not plan to add Thunderbird profile support for security reasons.
Hello.
Is it possible to implement the function of separate profile backup for the desktop version and the portable one? And add Thunderbird profile support? Thank you.
You are so pessimistic 🙂
Rarely laughed so much. V1.2 is from February 2020.
If a newer version is ever released here, it certainly won’t be before 2030. They are constantly releasing new software – but apparently they no longer maintain the programs.
Please update and add the option to back up fork releases such as Floorp and Libre Wolf
Hi, we have noted it down for the next version , thanks
WARNING:
the basket don’t have recovery option and/or an ADVICE of destruction of a backup.
I believe that is a missed essential feature.
PS: Thank You for yours interesting applications.
Hi, this one is really amazing, but it would be beyond awesome if there exist an equivalent for Mozilla ThunderBird, definitelly.
I just love it, it even works with the portable! It would be really awesome if were created an equivalent for Thunderbird. Cheers.
The software is backing up the last active profile. We have noted it down
Only supports the Active profile NOT all profiles.
(Solo respalda el primer perfil NO todos los Perfiles)
Hello
You can do something to password protect executables. And when executing, enter the password without damaging the executable.
Thanks for your comment, there is no problem in the software at the moment. It will be updated when we have time.
The last time the program updated, Firefox release was v73.0 and now the current version is 120.0! Definitely the program needs an update.
Please update new version!
@ Those wanting settings backup: Web Link …
browser-extension-data*=1
and set either one these, storage is included but disabled by default
storage*=1
storage\default\moz-extension*=1
You may want to check Web Link … too
@K I didnt try but it might be you could use the Portable %AppData%\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data and to either take note of files/folders or even use it and simply adapt folders you might check Web Link …