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In this little MD I explain where should find google chrome installed extensions and how we could backup them :)
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How To Back up Google Chorom extensions in your linux :

To back up an extension of Google Chrome in Linux, you should follow these instructions:

cd ~/.config/google-chrome/[$ProfileName or $ProfileId]/Extensions/

tar -cf [$ExtensionId].tar ./[$ExtensionId]

mv ./[$ExtensionId].tar ~/Download

Note :

  • In the above snippet command, you should replace [$ProfileName or $ProfileId] with the proper name of your profile on your system.
  • Also, replace [$ExtensionId] with the appropriate name.

Please consider that Google Chrome stores information for each profile inside a separate directory. All information for each profile exists under this path:

cd .config/google-chrome/[$ProfileName or $ProfileId]/

Note :

  • if you didn't create any profile in your Google Chrome you should find yor infomration under this below path :
cd .config/google-chrome/Default/Extension

Please ensure that you have the necessary permissions to access and modify the files related to the extension before proceeding with the backup process.

Usefull link :

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21475866/where-are-installed-google-chrome-extensions-stored-locally
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