Back up your open tabs to a file
Tabs saved inside a browser are lost when the browser profile is. A plain file on your own disk survives a reinstall, a new laptop and a profile reset.
Why a file
Plainware Tabs keeps snapshots inside your Chrome profile. If the profile is reset or the extension is removed, they go too. A backup file is outside all of that, and you can copy it to a USB stick, a cloud folder or another computer.
Back up your tabs
Open the Plainware Tabs vault and choose Export. You get one file with your whole vault. The same menu can export one session as a readable web page, as OneTab-style text, or as a bookmarks file.
Save it somewhere you’ll keep it, not just in the Downloads folder you clear every month.
For automatic backups, turn on the weekly backup in Settings. Chrome asks for permission to manage downloads, at that moment and only if you agree.
A file is then written each week to Downloads › Plainware Tabs. The newest four are kept, and it only ever removes files it created.
To restore, open Import on any computer and choose the file. Imports add to what’s there and never delete anything.
What Pro adds
- Scheduled backups daily, every 6 hours or weekly, to Downloads or to a folder you choose, as a rotating set of files. A backup is skipped rather than overwrite good files with an empty vault.
- Encrypted backups protected by a passphrase. It never leaves your device, and we can’t recover it if you forget it. Decrypting and importing is free.
- Bookmark backup with versions you can compare and restore from.
- Plainware Pro costs ₹249 in India or $9 elsewhere, once, and also unlocks Pro in the other Plainware extensions.
Good to know
- A backup file is only as safe as where you keep it. Plain files can be read by anyone who has them. Use encryption (Pro) if the file will sit in a shared or synced folder.
- Files are in a Plainware format with a built-in check. A damaged or cut-off file imports nothing, instead of half-importing.
- Incognito windows are never captured.