Taking Backup of Firefox has now been made easier using addons. But as you all know Firefox Addons Directory is as big as an ocean. There were more plugins to take backup, so we conducted a small research , tried all the addons and finally came up with something that met all our requirements – FEBE Addon
FEBE( Firefox Environment Backup Extension) is one such addon that has been designed to take complete backup of Firefox.
Steps to get backup of Firefox
- Install the FEBE addon from here.
- Restart your browser after completion.
- Now in the Menubar choose Tools -> FEBE -> Perform Backup
FEBE Options in Tools Menu
- Now you will be displayed with a set of Backup options.
- In the options tab select “Full Profile“.
Options Menu FEBE
- Then move to the “Directory” tab and select where the backup must be saved.
Select the Path to save Backup files
- Then “Click on OK” to start the Backup.
- Step 4 to 7 will be displayed only for first time users. After configuring for the first time, You just need to perform Step 3 alone.
FEBE Backup in Progress
Steps to Restore Backup in Firefox
As mentioned above the same plugin can be used both for backup and restore puposes. So to restore the backup , you need to have installed the FEBE addon in target machine. Here are the intructions
- Install the FEBE addon
- Restart your browser.
- Now in the Menubar choose Tools -> FEBE -> Restore Profile
- Click on “Select local backup to restore” and select the previously created backup file.
FEBE Restore
- Click on “Start Profile Restore“
- Bingo – Your backup will be successfully restored.
FEBE Report
Hope this tutorial has guided you to perform backup and restore, feel free to contact incase you meet with any problem in backing up Firefox. My twitter Page : #ByteChip
That is a good tip. Thanks for sharing it friend.
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Thanks to Chuck Baker for developing such a wonderful add-on. Using FEBE I have scheduled to perform back every Sunday and its very useful to keep the record of all my extensions, bookmarks etc.,
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Yup indeed good addon. I have scheduled my backup daily, as I’m a frequent XP re – Installer
I normally use several operating systems! and when i go from one to the other… my settings are lost! I think this will help me to keep my Firefox settings!
thanks bro!
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Really cool..!
This is what i am looking for in fact, thanks for sharing frnd
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This is not rocket science but I’m sure it will help many readers who use Firefox. Thanks
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Going to download!
Thanks Ankit
amazing technique.thanks
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is this way is secure for the data Security?? Let me Explained about it..