aking 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.
teps 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
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FEBE Options in Tools Menu
Now you will be displayed with a set of Backup options.
In the options tab select “Full Profile“.
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Options Menu FEBE
Then move to the “Directory” tab and select where the backup must be saved.
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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.
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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 =
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/febe/ 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.
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FEBE Restore
Click on “Start Profile Restore“
Bingo – Your backup will be successfully restored.
