Guide | Vivaldi Back up + Extra Steps 📥 💾

Zalex108

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Hi,

To Back Up Vivaldi Browser, is needed to follow the BackUp / Reset Official Guide.
Sync is Not a BackUp

To assure total compatibility between Profiles/Devices, it needs some Extra Steps || Official Transfer | Earlier Guide | Fix Duplicate Device Name.

Vivaldi Profile location recap

Go to vivaldi://about
Alternatively,
Open Vivaldi menu button Vivaldi menu > Help > About
Or look at vivaldi://profile-internals

Make a note of the directory listed under Profile Path

Open a system window (File Explorer)
Go to the User Data folder (or customised name)

Once you’ve located the correct folder, go back to Vivaldi:

Ctrl + Shift + Supr | Mark just Cache & Clean

Close the browser

Back to the File Explorer
Back up the whole User Data folder

Desktop

Bookmarks
- Copy / Export to HTML is limited ️
PassWords
- Encrypted on Machine / User ️
Extensions
- Encrypted Data on Machine / User ️
Themes
- ~~Not Synced~~ | Syncing since V5.4/5 ️
Search Engines
- ~~Not Synced~~ | Syncing since 5.3/4 ️
Web Panels
- ~~Not Synced~~ | Syncing since V7 ️
WorkSpaces Work In Progres
- Partly Synced || Check "Internal Files" ️
Feeds
- Not Synced
Mail
- Not Synced
Keyboard Shortcuts
- Not Synced
Flags
- Lost sometimes

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Under Test

Cookies | Not Synced

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Extras

Android

Root Access needed

History
Profile

Desktop

| Bookmarks
- Some Data is not included when Export to HTML
- Copy / Paste from Profile
- Bookmarks + Favicons files
- Custom SpeedDial Thumbs
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- Thanks to @GJS for the Export / Import Full Bookmarks' Data Mod
- Linux | Thanks to @Gwen-Dragon for the Guide

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| Passwords
- To save them from - and other Chromium's -, they need to be Exported as a file, .CSV
  - Thanks to @Gwen-Dragon for the Guide

Then you can Edit, Import them to a PswManager, to another Profile or when needed.

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Export:

Open Vivaldi Settings - Security - Passwords and click on Export.
Or chrome://password-manager/passwords
- On the page, near Saved Passwords click the 3-Dots, open menu and select Export
- In File, Save dialog, enter a filename for the .CSV file and save to a Local / Portable media like USB stick

Beware, Logins in file are Not Encrypted!

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Import:

Flag Deprecated | Jump below

Open chrome://flags/#password-import
- Set to Enabled
- Restart Vivaldi

If the Flag is unvisible, search and enable any: "Temporarily unexpire Mxxx flags`` - Restart
And should be available again.

Thanks to @Pathduck for the finding and remembering

Continue the process from that point.

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Open chrome://password-manager/passwords
- Click 3-Dots-menu and select Import, choose the previous saved .CSV file and confirm

After all is imported,
Confirm the process and optionally, disable the Flag chrome://flags/#password-import

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Protect or delete the .CSV file after all importing process as they contain unencrypted Passwords.

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Suggestion
Use a Passwords Manager
That's the best way to store them, and in separate DataBases keeping those most private away from Browsers but at hand

KeePass / KeeWeb CKP - KeePass integration / KeePass Tusk as some options
- Thanks to @Poto for the Vivaldi to Keepass Guide

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🧩 | Extensions
- They are Sync'd, but not their Settings.
  Every each Extension Settings should be Exported from themselves, on those which provide the option
  Otherwise, ScreenShots
- SideLoad Extensions not anymore on the Store
- On some situations, "Copy/Paste - Restore BackUp" Settings are kept, after installing the extension brings them up
- Optionally, Export as list

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| Themes
- Import / Export Themes enabled since V5.x
- Themes | at Preferences
- Thanks to @luetage for the Themes BackUp Mod | Mod Deprecated since V5.x

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| Search Engines
- Sync Enabled since V5.x
- Thanks to @luetage for the Search Engines BackUp Mod
- Manage Search Engines from WebData

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| Web Panels
- They would be Manually Exported and Saved as Note to Import later
- Manage Panels from Preferences

BackUp Files / Profile before proceed:

Web Panels Location
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5.5 |
Export branch Web - or full Panels - to a new Note, .JSON file or directly to a new Preferences Profile file.
Panels Path:
Root | Vivaldi | Panels

Panels JSON

Or

Copy / Paste their URL to a Note or save them in a Bookmarks folder
FR - Sync Panels | FR - Panels as BKs Group

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WorkSpaces Work In Progres
- Not Synced

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| Feeds
- Thanks to @LonM for the Feeds List BackUp Mod

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| Mail
- Guide | Mail | Bckp / Export / Import

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️ | Keyboard || Shortcuts
- At Preferences

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| Flags
- Experimental Settings | Can be Removed by Chrome Devs without advice | Case Sensitive
- Sometimes, Flags are reset, so, BackUp / Import
- Profile
- Local State file
- JSONEdit

Flags

BackUp Files / Profile before proceed:

Export branch Enabled_labs_experiments from Root | Browser to a new Note, .JSON file or directly to a new Local State Profile file

Flags JSON

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You can add a VSettings folder on VNotes and add there every - text type - Exported Data.

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🧪 | Under Test

Cookie Exporter extension
- Thanks to @Gregor for the hint

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| Extras

General View for some other Files like:
- Custom Menus
- AdBlock
- Notes
- Mail
- ...

On every Vivaldi Big Update, there are more files to BackUp, but that depends also on which of the new features you use.

Overview of common Files/Folders to Back Up | 2023

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AutoSave Sessions
- Thanks to @LonM for the AutoSave Sessions Mod

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2/3x BackUp
- 2/3 BackUps instead of just 1
- Weekly / Monthly Schedule
- 2/3 Different Drives / Locations - Local / Cloud
  You would recover from 2 versions / Time if necessary.

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[Standalone only]
Remember to Exclude Cache folders:

\UserData

\GrShaderCache \ShaderCache \Crashpad

\UserData\Default - Profile X

\Application Cache \Cache \Code Cache\js \GPUCache \Media Cache \File System | \Service Worker\CacheStorage \Service Worker\ScriptCache

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Copy / Paste manually or automatize using a Script or a Program.

Some tested suggestions:

SyncBack - [Freeware - Win]
Synkron - [Free - Cross-Platform]

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External Help for Linux at AddictiveTips

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Android

Direct Copy with File Manager
- Tabs are in Sync ~~but without option to directly save them all as Session or Bookmark~~ Possible since V6.x
- Other options are not Sync'd
- Root Access Needed to Access / Copy / Restore
- Shizuku may work (Not tested)
- Profile, same Archives / Structure as Desktop
  - Preferences | Sessions | Bookmarks | History | LoginData | Cookies | ...
- Files Manager MixPlorer
- Android Apps:
  - Titanium Backup
  - Shift Backup

Access to the Path:

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If necessary: Profile Directory - Chromium DB

Windows 7 (x64)
Vivaldi Backup | Reset + Extra Steps

Zalex108

25.11.2020 | Guide update:

Search Engines
Web Panels

Zalex108

12.12.2020 | Guide update:

Cache folders

Zalex108

12.12.2020 | Guide update:

WebPanel FR - Thanks to @derDay for the HeadsUp

luetage

@Zalex108 You forgot themes, they aren’t available in sync either.

Zalex108

@luetage said in Guide | V BackUp + Extra steps:

@Zalex108 You forgot themes, they aren’t available in sync either.

I'll add them later.

Thanks

Zalex108

26.02.2021 | Guide update:

Themes - Thanks to @luetage for the HeadsUp

Zalex108

20.03.2021 | Guide update:

Panels (Preferences + JSONEdit)
Android (Root)

Zalex108

04.04.2021 | Guide update:

Bookmarks
Passwords | Vivaldi to Keepass Guide

GJS

@Zalex108 -- For completeness, you could also mention This Script Copies Description, Separators, etc. from HTML to Existing Vivaldi Bookmarks. It can be used to restore bookmarks in two steps. First, run Vivaldi's Import Bookmarks HTML File to import the folders, bookmarks, URLs, and favicons. Second, run the script to copy the remaining bookmark properties to the Imported bookmark folder.

Currently neither script handles thumbnails, but I could add them without much trouble if there is any interest.

Zalex108

@GJS

Good!

This information seems to be better to include it in the Top of your Mod's Topic to give a "short" description on what and how.

If you can still edit it, add it, if not we will do it.
Will be better there than here, despite I'll add some more info.

GJS

@Zalex108 -- The information about two-step import is already mentioned in the first paragraph, and summarized further down. I can add a link from one to the other, and add a note about thumbnails.

Zalex108

@GJS
About the Thumbnails,
Can't speak. They are locally stored here, the others are from online sites that are auto rebuild.

So for me isn't necessary.

Zalex108

@GJS

Just seen the Export options not the Import and the 2 steps to full import, that would be the needed part.

Zalex108

18.04.2021 | Guide update:

Feeds - Thanks to @luetage for the HeadsUp

Zalex108

08.05.2021 | Guide update:

Android Apps:

Titanium Backup
Shift Backup

code3

@zalex108 V should now support extension chrome.storage.sync API

Zalex108

@code3

code3

@zalex108 Sorry, if extension settings are not syncing it is the extension’s fault. The developer has used local storage not sync storage. In that case they should have provided their own way to import and export backups. Try Trace or ScriptSafe browser extensions, the settings should sync.

Zalex108

@code3

Being possible, they should do it in all of them.