Browsers Storage - physical Location?

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According to :

localStorage.setItem( key , value ); // global - not per session
sessionStorage.setItem("username", "John"); //per session

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where does it actually save the storage file/item ?

(multi browser answer will be much appreciated).

I would imagine it just goes in to the browser application's "Application Data" folder, or somesuch, no? — McGarnagle, Apr 22 '12 at 08:48
@dbaseman the only `imagine` i know - is john lennon's one. :) — Royi Namir, Apr 22 '12 at 08:50

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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From a quick couple of searches on Google:

For Chrome:

http://www.techskater.com/web-stuff/accessing-google-chrome-extension-local-storage-database/

For Firefox:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/Storage#Storage_location_and_clearing_the_data

IE:

Where in the filesystem does IE8 store values stored in localStorage?

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answered Apr 27 '12 at 14:59

Greg

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To bad the information is not posted here, since the chrome link is broken – Mercury Dec 17 '15 at 00:03

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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Some other stackoverflow answers have additional details:

Chrome: How is HTML5 WebStorage data physically stored?
Firefox: Where does firefox store javascript/HTML localStorage?
Opera: Where the sessionStorage and localStorage stored?

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answered Jul 17 '13 at 22:47

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 05 '14 at 08:57

The links for the storage-area for chrome no longer works and the information on the Mozilla site is not of much use.

Windows 7: The physical location for chrome is within AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Storage and for Mozilla its AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\uvsb3rxs.default\storage\persistent\moz-safe-about+home

I have not found Internet Explorer's localstorage folder. If any person knows its whereabouts, please let me know.

Regards

Browsers Storage - physical Location?

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