This brief tutorial will guide you through backing up your Google Chrome user profiles using the small Windows utility Google Chrome Backup.
- First you’ll need to download Google Chrome Backup. It also requires the Microsot .NET framework, so install that too if it isn’t already.
- Unzip Google Chrome Backup and extract the file to somewhere on your hard drive. C:\Program Files\ is one possible location - then you can create a shortcut to it for your Desktop or Quick Launch menu. But anywhere will do.
- Double-click the exe to launch Google Chrome Backup.
- In the main window you’ll see each of your profiles listed (as indicated by the screenshot below, I only have one).
- Right-click the profile you want to backup, and select Backup Profile.
- Select a location to save your backup, and click Save.
- The backup process will begin. It takes a minute or two..
- .. and you can tell it’s done when the status bar is “blank”.
- You can also use Google Chrome Backup to create new profiles. Just click the New Profile button. Fill out the required information, and click OK.
- If you opted to create a new shortcut to your new profile on your Desktop, it’ll appear there.
- Your new profile will also appear in Google Chrome Backup, ready to be backed up
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it’s funny, the more i use Chrome (for windows), the more unstable it seems to get… crashes a lot more, can’t handle sites with flash, hangs every time i close a tab… all that to say, i’m switching back to Firefox
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