Backup of Search Engines

Brave Feature Requests Desktop Requests
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Yes, this is possible.

  1. Close Chrome and Brave.

  2. Find the Web Data file in your Chrome profile. "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Web Data"
    (file with no extension).

  3. Open it in the https://sqlitebrowser.org/dl/

  4. Find the Table “keywords” and EXPORT it as CSV (default settings).

  5. COPY the Brave DB file as a backup somewhere safe
    and then open the Brave Database
    "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Default\Web Data"

  6. Go to the table “keywords”. Go to the content view and remove all rows (Ctrl+A, “delete row”).

  7. Go to FILE > IMPORT. Select the CSV file you exported on the step 3. Import it, saying you want to add the rows to the EXISTING table KEYWORDS.
    TICK THE CHECKBOX “first row - column names”.

  8. Press the button “Write changes”. Done.

If something went wrong use the backup and try the steps again.

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