How to backup/restore your JD configuration

This can be helpful if you:

• Are moving from one computer/OS to another
• Simply want to have a backup
• Are re-installing JDownloader and want to keep your previous config

[Beginners] How to create a backup?

1. Click on File --> Backup --> Backup all settings
   
2. Select your save path and confirm.
3. A file with the ending ".jd2backup" will be created in your selected folder.
   This includes the following information:
   - Downloadlist
   - LinkGrabber List
   - All settings
   - All of your accounts
   - EventScripter scripts
   - Basically everything from inside the "[Your JD install dir]/cfg" folder

[Beginners] How to restore a backup?

1. Click on File --> Backup --> Restore settings
2. Select your previously saved file and confirm
3. JD will restart with your restored settings

[Advanced & Headless users] How to backup- and restore your JDownloader configuration via configuration folder backup (settings, accounts, downloadlist etc.)?
Alternative: How to backup your config even if JDownloader doesn't start at all e.g. due to a broken installation.

Manually

Inside your JDownloader install dir you can find a folder called cfg.
This folder contains your complete config so you can manually create a backup of it.

Automatically

You can of course use external backup applications to automatically create backups from said folder.
Examples of such applications:
Windows, Linux, Mac: FreeFileSync (link), Syncthing (link)
Linux: Resilio (link)

Restoring a cfg folder backup

Copy the previously stored cfg folder over to your new JDownloader installation.