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Hekasoft Backup and Restore

Hekasoft Backup and Restore

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Reviews
4 / 31
Downloads
5,167

Downloads are available on Hekasoft Backup and Restore’s official website.

Hekasoft Backup and Restore at a glance

What it is
Backs up, restores and migrates browser data between browsers or computers
Price
Free
Open source
No
Licence
Freeware
Runs on
Windows

Change Log

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

Description

Hekasoft Backup and Restore is a free tool to back up and restore your browser settings. It allows you to migrate your profile from one browser to another (between browsers based on the same engine) and even optimize your profile folder by removing unnecessary files.

The program works with Chromium, Gecko, and other browser engines. You can also use other included features, such as a Browser Plugin Scanner, a Profile Switcher and custom modules for backing up other software. This app is available both as an installer and as a portable version.

Hekasoft Backup and Restore Review

There are more browsers than ever in today's software scene. What makes this complicated is that each of these browsers serves specific functions. It is especially true for users who demand more from the programs on their machines.

There are browsers with security in mind, browsers designed for each operating system, minimalist browsers, and the list goes on. Hekasoft Backup & Restore is an excellent program for people who run multiple browsers and are tired of managing all these different apps.

About Hekasoft Backup & Restore

Hekasoft Backup & Restore is a web browser backup and management tool. It's built to work on 64-bit Windows. This app has a wide range of supported languages and supports dozens of browsers. The list of browsers supported by this program is awe-inspiring (see the list below).

Chromium based browsers

Brave

CentBrowser

Coc Coc Browser

Comodo Dragon

Epic

Google Chrome

Google Chrome Canary

Microsoft Edge

Opera

Slimjet

SRWare Iron

Vivaldi

Yandex

Gecko based browsers

Basilisk

Midori

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla SeaMonkey

Pale Moon

Waterfox

Other browsers

Lunascape

Maxthon

Mail Clients

eM Client

Thunderbird

Other programs

FileZilla

qBittorrent

uTorrent

With introductions out of the way, what features, exactly, does Hekasoft Backup & Restore have?

Features

Hekasoft Backup & Restore comes packed with a variety of useful features for managing your data across multiple browsers. Hekasoft Backup & Restore can store your browser profile and settings in an external file that you can move from device to device. It means that you can take your browser's settings and quickly transfer them to any other PC without having to spend all that time reentering them into the browser itself.

Hekasoft Backup & Restore also comes with some useful cleaning tools built-in. It can handle all of the files left behind by a browser and help keep your machine clean from all the clutter that comes from surfing the web. You can also migrate profiles between browsers that use the same engine, which is a huge time saver. As mentioned before, Hekasoft Backup & Restore supports dozens of browsers and mail clients.

I can mention one feature in particular that makes Hekasoft Backup & Restore stand out from a crowded field of browser management programs, and that's the software's browser optimization.

Browser Optimization

Browsers are complicated and messy pieces of software. They come packed with add-ons and features that are often clogged with excess files and vestigial bits of programming. Hekasoft Backup & Restore can scan your browser for installed plugins and extensions, and you can remove them or export them to another profile or browser.

Hekasoft Backup & Restore can also clean up backups, caches, logs and other unnecessary files that your browsers leave behind.

The browser optimization in Hekasoft Backup & Restore makes this already great program shine.

Conclusion

Hekasoft Backup & Restore is a solid piece of programming that can help you manage your preferences across a ton of different programs. In a world where we are increasingly using a variety of browsers, having one program that takes care of them all is a lifesaver.

Hekasoft Backup & Restore is well worth the install and might even make your web browsing all the more enjoyable.