Bookmark Backup
Automatically backup and restore your bookmarks.
Manifest V2
Permissions:
- bookmarks
- unlimitedStorage
- alarms
- storage
Size: 78.04K
Full description: See detailed description
Source: Chrome Web Store
Updated: a day ago
Ranking
User reviews
Pros
- Easy to use and understand
- Automatically creates backups when bookmarks are added/deleted
- Saves users from losing bookmarks due to system bugs
- Simple interface for bookmark management
Cons
- Lacks an option to choose backup location
- Does not restore favicons during restoration
- Can consume a lot of memory and CPU, causing Chrome to crash
- Backups are not reliable or may stop functioning unexpectedly
Most mentioned
- Need to know where backups are stored
- Desire for a manual backup option
- Lack of customizable backup location
- Wishes for an import feature that merges bookmarks instead of overwriting
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User reviews
Used to be great, but with latest release, when I go to view my saved bookmarks, Chrome memory starts at 500 MB< then immediately goes to 2500MB, climbs to 4500MB and then Chrome crashes, every time. Need to remove until fixed.
by 
Rod Montrose, 2024-01-22
Rod Montrose, 2024-01-22This is a very useful extension, but If we could choose a location to save the backups, It would be even better.
for anyone curious about the location of the current backups, I installed a program called "FolderChangesView", closed all other programs and background apps on my windows, and then made and deleted a new backup in chrome, and I saw that there were changes made in 1 location in my chrome folder:
"C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Extension Settings\eocfcfklbhdgkilphhkcpcgaollminlf"
I observed the content of this location after making and deleting another bookmark and I saw that there were changes made there. Of course even knowing the location of the stored backups is not useful, but in case you are curious about their location, at least you know where they are now.
by 
Aria Aghababai, 2024-01-19
Aria Aghababai, 2024-01-19Cannot backup bookmarks without website title (which only shows favicon).
by 
about blank, 2023-08-17
about blank, 2023-08-17Extension safety
Risk impact
Bookmark Backup requires very minimum permissions.
Risk impact analysis details
- Medium Access to bookmarks may provide insights into user preferences and interests but generally carries low risk.
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Risk likelihood
Bookmark Backup has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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