Hekasoft Backup & Restore
The ultimate solution to backup, restore and migrate your browser data. Move your profiles between different browsers or computers in seconds.
Key Features
Technical Specifications
| Current Version | 1.0.0 |
| Release Date | 30 December 2025 |
| License | Freeware |
| Operating System | Windows 7, 8, 10, 11 (64 bit) |
| Filesize | 3,6 Mb (Installer) |
All-In-One backup solution
Hekasoft Backup & Restore is an all-in-one solution to managing your browser (and other software) data and settings. You can back up your favorite browser’s settings in a single file, store it on an external drive, and use it to restore the profile or copy it to a new installation.
Hekasoft Backup & Restore goes beyond backing up your software, it allows you to migrate your profile from one browser to another and optimize your profile folder by removing unnecessary files.
One Solution for All Your Software
Hekasoft Backup & Restore is an all-in-one solution for all your backup needs, capable of backing up the profile folders of most browsers available for Windows. With each update, the list of supported software grows. Below, you will find the complete and updated list of supported programs. If your favorite software isn’t yet supported, you can contact me, and I’ll make sure to add it.
Browsers Chromium-based: Avast Secure Browser, AVG Secure Browser, Avira Secure Browser, Brave, CatsXP, CCleaner Browser, CentBrowser, CocCoc Browser, Comodo Dragon, Epic Privacy Browser, Google Chrome, Google Chrome Canary, Iridium Browser, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Edge Beta, Microsoft Edge Canary, Naver Whale, Norton Private Browser, Opera, Opera GX, Perplexity Comet, Ray, Sleipnir, Slimjet, SRWare Iron, Supermium, Thorium, Ungoogled Chromium, UR Browser, Vivaldi, Yandex Browser
Browsers Firefox-Based: Basilisk, FloorP, LibreWolf, Mercury, Midori, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla SeaMonkey, Mullvad Browser, PaleMoon, Tor Browser, Waterfox, Zen Browser
Other Browsers: Lunascape, Maxthon
Mail Clients: Betterbird, eM Client, Mozilla Thunderbird, OE Classic
Others: Capcut, FileZilla, qBitTorrent, uTorrent
Create your own custom module
With Hekasoft Backup & Restore, saving your data has never been easier.
Thanks to the modules creation feature, you can create modules to backup and restore any software and any folder with just a few clicks.
The created modules use shortcuts to system folders, making it possible to share the module with other users and operating systems.
Migrate your profile folder
Migrating your browser settings from one browser to another is incredibly easy with Hekasoft Backup & Restore. When you choose to change your browser, you can effortlessly transfer all the settings from your old browser. Currently, you can only migrate your profile between browsers based on the same engine. This means you can easily migrate between Firefox, Pale Moon, and Waterfox, or between Chrome, Edge, and Brave.
Optimize your browsers
Using your software often generates temporary or backup files that aren’t always removed automatically. Hekasoft Backup & Restore helps clean up these backups, caches, logs, and other unnecessary files. The optimization scan identifies only the unnecessary files that do not affect the proper functioning of the software, ensuring it is safe to remove everything found.
Browser Plugin Scanner
Hekasoft Backup & Restore Plugin Scanner scans your browser for installed plugins and extensions. You can easily remove plugins or export them to another profile or browser.* Hekasoft Backup & Restore Plugin Scanner scans your browser for installed plugins and extensions. You can easily remove plugins or export them to another profile or browser.*
*You can export them only to browsers with the same engine (e.g., from Firefox to Waterfox).
Profile Switcher
With the Profile Switcher you can manage your browser profiles.
With this useful tool you can:
- Change default profile
- Create a new profile
- Clone an existing profile
- Delete a profile
This tool is essential for restoring the Firefox and Thunderbird profiles.
Both Firefox and Thunderbird when you first launch them on a new configuration, will create a new profile, even if you have restored a previous profile.
With this tool you can set your old profile as default, and delete the new profile.
Supported Languages
Albanian, Arabic, Belarusian, Bengali, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Jewish, Korean, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (BR), Portuguese (PT), Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Release Notes
Version 1.0.0 [2025/12/30]
- Add: support for Zen Browser (Backup, Migration, Optimize)
- Add: support for Opera GX, Ray and Perplexity Comet (Backup)
- Add: when click on the profile folder path, if exists it will be opened in Explorer
- Updated: Lunascape support to latest version (Phoebe)
- Updated: 7Zip to version 25.01
- Updated: Software logos that still have the gray background
- Modified: Renamed “Microsoft Edge Chromium” to “Microsoft Edge”
- Modified: Renamed “Microsoft Edge Chromium Beta” to “Microsoft Edge Beta”
- Modified: the default font is now Segoe UI to improve readability for all the localizations
- Modified: Redesigned some UI elements
- Modified: minor code optimizations
- Fixed: Migration issues
- Fixed: minor graphic issues
- Removed: support for Skype and Postbox (both are discontinued)
- Removed: social links from Info window
Version 0.99.1 [2025/03/10]
- Fixed: Translation issue with Plugin Scanner and Profile Switcher
- Fixed: Maxthon backup issue with latest Maxthon versions
- Updated: Italian localization
- Updated: Check for new updates system
- Updated: Installer and Uninstaller
Version 0.99 [2025/02/21]
- Add: support for Norton Private Browser, Avast Secure Browser, AVG Secure Browser, Avira Secure Browser and Catsxp (Backup, Migration, Plugin Scanner, Optimize)
- Fixed: Skype for Desktop backup issue
- Fixed: Opera missing in Migration, Plugin Scanner and Optimize
- Fixed: SRWare Iron missing in Plugin Scanner and Optimize
- Modified: Personal modules creation now add new module clicking on Save in Settings
- Modified: Personal modules now are removed immediately when you delete them, no need to restart Backup & Restore
- Modified: Optimized the code for Migration
- Modified: minor graphic updates
- Modified: Notification text now are in Calibri
- Fixed: Notification spaces in text
- Modified: Notification now last longer
- Removed: support for Comodo IceDragon
Version 0.98 [2024/12/19]
- Add: support for FloorP and Ungoogled Chromium (Backup, Migration, Plugin Scanner, Optimize)
- Modified: Optimize now show only enabled software
- Fixed: Installer reported as malicious by Microsoft Defender (due to 7za.exe false positive)
- Fixed: Mercury optimization issue
- Fixed: Graphic issues in the main window for some languages
- Fixed: Graphic issue in Settings->General for some languages
- Updated: Korean localization (thanks to Jaehyung Lee)
- Updated: Portuguese localization (thanks to José Carlos)
- Removed: 32 bit support
Version 0.97 [2024/12/14]
- Add: edit and remove custom modules
- Add: support for Mercury, Mullvad Browser, Supermium, Thorium (Backup, Migration, Plugin Scanner, Optimize)
- Add: support for Sleipnir and Betterbird (Backup)
- Updated: 7Zip to version 24.09
- Updated: Spanish localization (thanks to Fernando Lastra)
- Modified: moved “Add Software” from Option Menu to Settings -> Personal Modules window
- Modified: moved Custom modules to AppData for Installed version
- Modified: when create a personal module you don’t need to restart anymore
- Modified: software icon
- Removed: support for Falkon and K-Meleon
- Removed “Software Path” tab from Settings (will come back improved)
- Fixed: Skype for Desktop profile folder
- Fixed: Sorting issue in Migration
- Modified: fixed fonts on all windows, now all texts are in Calibri
- Modified: Twitter icon and link to X
- Modified: minor graphic updates
- Fixed: minor bugs
Version 0.96 [2024/01/05]
- Updated: .NET Framework to version 4.8 (Windows Vista not supported anymore)
- Updated: 7Zip to version 23.01
- Updated: English, Greek, German, Persian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Swedish, Slovenian, Russian and Romanian localizations
- Add: support for Capcut, LibreWolf, Naver Whale, Microsoft Edge Canary and OE Classic
- Add: Microsoft Edge to Optimization
- Add: Albanian, Jewish and Norwegian localizations
- Removed: support for Avant Browser, Citrio, Cliqz, Incredimail and Kinza
- Removed: Dead Link Checker
- Modified: Microsoft Edge Chromium Beta in Microsoft Edge Beta
- Fixed: Bug in Google Chrome and Vivaldi Optimization
- Fixed: Website link for Comodo IceDragon
- Fixed: Website link for Midori
Version 0.95 [2021/01/09]
- Modified: Rewritten Thunderbird backup process (now generates again a single file, 2 parts backup can still be restored)
- Modified: Rewritten Opera backup & restore process (old backups cannot be restored anymore)
- Removed: Internet Explorer, old Edge and Cyberfox support
- Fixed: Minor bugs
Version 0.94 [2020/08/05]
- Fixed: a bug with the restore process introduced in the 0.93 version
Version 0.93 [2020/08/04]
- Add: Support for CCleaner Browser, Iridium Browser and URBrowser
- Add: Support for Microsoft Edge Chromium to the Plugin Scanner
- Modified: Rewritten the check for languages update
- Modified: Rewritten Thunderbird backup process (now generates 2 files)
- Fixed: an issue that even when the user click on cancel the software still run the backup or the restore process
- Fixed: an issue with the restore process that may show the cmd window
- Fixed: an issue with the Plugin Scanner
Version 0.92 [2020/05/17]
- Add: Run Backup or Restore when press “Enter” after entering the password
- Fixed: issue with check for new version error “SSL/TLS secure channel”
- Fixed: Microsoft Edge Chromium extensions restore
- Fixed: Software list in Settings -> Modules
- Removed: Chromodo, Cyberfox, FossaMail, QupZilla, Slimboat and Sunbird support
Version 0.91 [2020/03/08]
- Fixed: issue with Microsoft Edge Chromium and Microsoft Edge Chromium Beta Backup
- Fixed: issue with Tor Browser Backup
- Fixed: issue with italian translation inside Profile Switcher
Version 0.90 [2020/03/06]
- Add: Log screen that show informations about Backup & Restore process
- Add: Support for Microsoft Edge Chromium (Backup & Restore)
- Add: Support for Microsoft Edge Chromium Beta (Backup & Restore)
- Add: Support for Tor Browser (Backup & Restore)
- Add: Hellenic (thanks to Georgios) and Korean (thanks to Jaehyung Lee) translations
- Add: 7Zip 64 bit executable
- Add: Link to software websites
- Add: Mozilla Thunderbird to Optimize
- Fixed: issue with Chrome (and Chrome based browsers) that didn’t allow to restore the extensions (still can’t restore passwords)
- Fixed: Restore that mistakenly reports “operation completed” while it is in progress
- Fixed: Portuguese Brazilian missing flag
- Fixed: qBittorrent name
- Removed: 7zip shell window
- Removed: obsolete code
- Removed: Message that suggest to use Hekasoft System Cleaner when you click on Optimize
Version 0.85 [2019/06/09]
- Add: Support for Cliqz (Backup & Restore)
- Add: Support for Postbox (Backup & Restore)
- Add: Support for Incredimail (Backup & Restore)
- Add: Support for Falkon (Backup & Restore)
- Add: Support for Brave (Plugin Scanner)
- Add: Option to show/hide the password
- Add: Missing translations
- Fixed: Migration issues with new 7zip backup files
- Modified: Now even Custom Modules use 7Zip
- Modified: Now Opera backup use 7Zip
- Updated: 7zip to version 19.0.0
- Updated: Machine translated all abandoned translation (not updated since version 0.60)
- Fixed: Minor Bugs
Version 0.81 [2019/01/14]
- Fixed: Restore issue that ask each file if want to restore
- Fixed: Restore issue that doesn’t show back the interface
- Fixed: minor bugs
Version 0.80 [2019/01/10]
- Changed: Now use 7zip to backup & restore (Opera still use old zip)
- Add: Now is possible to run more backups at the same time (except for Opera)
- Fixed: Brave backup issue
Version 0.75 [2018/10/07]
- Add: support for CentBrowser (Backup & Restore, Migration, Plugin Scanner)
- Modified: Improved the connection to check for updates
- Modified: Moved “check for software updates” button from the menu to the Info window
- Modified: Info window
- Removed: Languages rating
Version 0.74 [2018/09/12]
- Fixed: Bug with Microsoft Edge Backup & Restore (old backups didn’t work anymore)
- Fixed: Bug when checking for updates
- Modified: Info window
Version 0.73 [2018/07/17]
- Add: support for Microsoft Edge
- Add: more plugins recognized by the plugin scanner
- Add: shortcuts for Dead Links Checker (CTRL + D) and Plugin Scanner (CTRL + P)
- Modified: The plugin scanner shows only the checked softwares
- Fixed: Now the installer will not run on Windows XP
- Fixed: minor bugs
Version 0.72 [2018/03/08]
- Add: right-click to check/uncheck all plugins in the Plugin Scanner
- Fixed: issue with “deselect all” button in Settings -> Modules, at least one module should be checked,
so when you save with no modules checked, Internet Explorer will be automatically checked - Fixed: now when in Plugin Scanner export screen you select “Desktop” for Mozilla Firefox the “export to selected profile”
will be disabled
Version 0.71 [2018/03/01]
- Add: Export to Desktop for the plugin scanner
- Add: Google Chrome (and all Chrome based browsers) to the Plugin Scanner (Export is not allowed due Chrome security settings)
- Add: support for eM Client
- Add: support for Coc Coc Browser
- Add: link to download Hekasoft System Cleaner when open the optimizer
- Add: Google+ icon and link to Infos
- Updated: from VS2015 to VS2017
- Updated: SQLite dlls
- Updated: All dependencies to .Net 4.5
- Modified: Renamed “Epic” to the correct full name “Epic Privacy Browser”
- Modified: Reduced connection requests when searching for updates
- Removed: Chromodo from Migration (Comodo merged the project with Comodo Dragon)
Version 0.70 [2017/11/27]
- Add: 3 compression levels
- Add: support for Waterfox 55 (for older version select Firefox) (Backup & Restore, Migration, Plugin Scanner)
- Add: support for new Firefox plugins (Plugin Scanner)
- Add: support for Basilisk (Backup & Restore, Migration, Plugin Scanner)
- Add: support for qBittorent (Backup & Restore)
- Modified: changed from .NET Framework 4.0 to 4.5 (WinXP is not supported anymore)
- Modified: Migration Source now shows only softwares selected in settings (Aviator browser is still available in migration as source to migrate to other browsers)
- Modified: backup file now are in 64bit (when available) and can be larger than 4GB
- Modified: Optimized Plugin Scanner code
- Fixed: Plugin scanner issues
- Fixed: Plugin scanner export issue
Version 0.67 [2017/09/27]
- Fixed: Optimization issue with Firefox, Cyberfox and Pale Moon
- Fixed: Portuguese language file in the installer
- Fixed: Message showed when a file is restored
Version 0.66 [2017/09/21]
- Add: support for SRWare Iron (Backup & Restore, Migration)
- Add: support for Kinza (Backup & Restore, Migration)
- Add: support for Brave (Backup & Restore)
- Add: 0-byte file to “mod” folder, to avoid removing by cleaning softwares
- Add: new filename date format yyyy-dd-MM
- Add: custom path for Vivaldi and Epic Privacy Browser
- Add: Optimization for Vivaldi and Epic Privacy Browser
- Fixed: restore translation issue
- Fixed: issue with not standard languages filename
- Modified: Administrative rights are no longer needed to backup or restore
Version 0.65 [2017/04/21] 6th Anniversary Edition
- Add: Check for new version at startup
- Add: Check and download translations
- Add: Softwares custom path
- Add: General option “check for updates on launch”
- Add: Translation rating
- Removed: Update window
- Fixed: Google Chrome optimization issue
- Fixed: PaleMoon optimization issue
- Fixed: misspelled translations
Version 0.61 [2017/02/18]
- Add: Password-protected backups
- Add: Plugin Scanner
- Add: Dead Link Checker
- Add: new notification system
- Add: support for Chromodo
- Add: support for Vivaldi
- Add: Optimizer now support Mozilla Firefox x64
- Add: Cyberfox to Optimizer
- Add: softwares icon
- Removed: support for Aviator
- Removed: support for Comodo Chromium Secure
- Removed: support for Rockmelt
- Removed: support for Safari
- Removed: support for SRWare Iron
- Removed: support for Wyzo
- Fix: Minor bugs
Version 0.53 [2014/11/29]
- Fix: Empty folder creation
- Fix: Minor translation issues
Version 0.52 [2014/11/28]
- Add: support for Aviator, Cyberfox, SlimJet, Comodo Chromium Secure (Backup & Restore, Migration)
- Add: support for Epic, K-Meleon, QupZilla (Backup & Restore)
- Add: Persian translation (thanks to AliNiceBoy)
- Add: Launch at Windows start
- Add: Save last backed-up software
- Add: append date to filename
- Add: General settings
- Add: Donate menu
- Fix: Now Hekasoft Backup & Restore create an empty folder for the softwares profile, if not exist, before restore the settings
- Update: link to the website
- Update: Translations, thanks to: Leo Ooms (Dutch), José Carlos (Portuguese), Tchiro (Russian), Åke Engelbrektson (Swedish)
- Modified: exe name changed to “hbr.exe”
Version 0.51 [2014/09/23]
- Add: support for Citrio (Backup & Restore, Migration)
- Add: support for Google Chrome Canary
- Fix: a problem with the restore of the backups made with old version of Backup & Restore
- Fix: error string was in Italian for every language, now is English (will be translated in the next update)
- Fix: a problem with the graphic user interface when the software is in use
- Update: update download link
Version 0.50 [2014/07/15]
- Add: Backup migration between browsers (only between same engine browser)
- Add: Browser profile folder Optimization to remove old and unused files
- Add: support for FossaMail
- Modified: Rewritten backup, now Backup & Restore recognize which software belongs to the backup
- Modified: Graphic user interface
- Update: Portuguese translation (thanks to José Carlos)
- Update: Russian translation (thanks to Tchiro)
- Update: Swedish translation (thanks to Åke Engelbrektson)
- Update: Dutch translation (thanks to Leo Ooms)
Version 0.34 [2014/02/26]
- Add: Swedish translation (thanks to Åke Engelbrektson)
- Add: Turkish translation
- Add: translators website url link is now clickable
- Fix: Hekasoft Backup & Restore now correctly loads the settings from previous versions
- Fix: fixed Internet Explorer restore issue (thanks to BearPup)
- Fix: Minor bugs
Version 0.33 [2014/02/11]
- Add: support for uTorrent
- Add: support for Wyzo
- Update: Portuguese translation (thanks to José Carlos)
- Update: Russian translation (thanks to Tchiro)
- Modified: Optimized backup and recovery
- Fixed: Minor bugs
Version 0.32 [2014/01/04]
- Add: possibility to choose the modules to activate
- Add: support for latest Opera releases
- Add: Bengali translation
- Modified: operations moved to separate thread
- Modified: if there are new versions, you no longer need to visit the website to update, you can download the updates directly from Hekasoft Backup & Restore
Version 0.31 [2013/08/25]
- Update: Portuguese translation (thanks to José Carlos)
- Update: Russian translation (thanks to Tchiro)
Version 0.30 [2013/07/06]
- Add: custom module creation
- Add: Full support to 64 bit operating system
- Add: Slovenian translation
- Add: Belarusian translation
- Add: Vietnamese translation
- Modified: Optimized resources and reduced executable filesize
Version 0.22 [2013/05/02]
- Add: Hungarian translation (thanks to BlueEyes)
Version 0.21 [2013/01/23]
- Add: support for Midori
- Add: support for SlimBoat
- Add: support for Maxthon 4 Cloud
- Add: support for Yandex
- Add: support for Lunascape
- Add: Dutch translation (thanks to Piet Bruinsma)
- Modified: Changelog display date from DD/MM/YYYY to YYYY/MM/DD
Version 0.20 [28/11/2012]
- Add: support for Comodo IceDragon
- Add: support for Internet Explorer (Favorites only)
- Add: support for Waterfox
- Add: Portuguese translation (thanks to José Carlos)
- Add: Chinese translation
- Add: Japanese translation
- Add: Ukrainian translation
- Add: Romanian translation
- Add: Croatian translation
- Add: Hindi translation
- Add: Arabic translation
- Add: Polish translation
- Change: Now it’s possible to switch languages without restart the software
- Fix: Improved backup & restore operation speed
- Rewrite all software code
- Switch to .NET Framework 4
- Fixed various minor bug
Version 0.10 [14/05/2012]
- Fix: French translation (thanks to Ardwen)
- Fix: software bug with the backup of Mail, Newsgroup and Chat with Opera (thanks to Ursule)
- Fix: Title for “check for new version” screen
- Fix: 0.9 version changelog missing “check for newer version”
Version 0.9 [08/05/2012]
- Add: support for SRWare Iron
- Add: support for SeaMonkey
- Add: support for Skype
- Add: support for Safari
- Add: support for Maxthon 3
- Add: support for RockMelt
- Add: support for Avant Browser
- Add: Russian translation (translated by tchiro)
- Fix: Move configuration file to AppData folder, to avoid UAC issue
- Add: Check for newer version
Version 0.8 [22/04/2012]
- Fix: change language is now direct, no more required restart the software
- Fix: a compatibility issue with Windows XP
- Fix: a problem with language loading
Version 0.7 [20/04/2012]
- Change: graphic appearance
- Add: support for Pale Moon
- Fix: better language support
- Fix: better code for backup & restore
- Change: font from Segoe UI to Calibri
Version 0.6 beta [30/01/2012]
- Add: support for FileZilla
- Change: from WINSoftBlog to Hekasoft
- Remove: the ads banner
- Fix: a problem that still run backup or restore even if it’s cancelled
Version 0.5 beta [05/01/2012]
- Add: ads banner
- Fix: problem with language
- Fix: some minor bugs
Version 0.4 beta [26/11/2011]
- Fix: problem with some software folder
- Fix: Better translation code
- Add: Language flags
- Add: support for Comodo Dragon
- Add: support for Opera
Version 0.3 alpha [05/05/2011]
- Add: French translation
- Add: Spanish translation
- Add: German translation
Version 0.2 alpha [02/05/2011]
- Fix: a bug with Mozilla Calendar/Sunbird
- Add: a progress bar
- Add: Multilanguage support Italian-English
Version 0.1 alpha [21/04/2011]
- Add: support for Google Chrome
- Add: support for Mozilla Firefox
- Add: support for Mozilla Thunderbird
- Add: support for Mozilla Calendar