Where are Postman collections saved?

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Where does the standalone Postman client for Windows save collections when working offline?

To clarify, I want to find where Postman saves collection files to by default when online syncing is disabled. I am not trying to export my collection as a JSON file.

I've looked in %LocalAppData%, My Documents, and Program Files, but I don't see where Postman saves its collection data.

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lesson learned - don't ever upgrade postman without backing up your collections manually — jediz, Jun 21 '23 at 09:24

score 145 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 25 '22 at 16:16

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It looks like Postman uses LevelDB. On Windows, I found my Postman DB located at:

%HOMEPATH%\AppData\Roaming\Postman\IndexedDB\

ps: %HOMEPATH% is path for C:\Users\xxxx\

also worth mentioning: %APPDATA% is a shortcut for C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Roaming\

According to Piere F, macOS users can find it under:

~/Library/Application Support/Postman/IndexedDB

ps: Note ~ is path for /Users/userAccount/

According to David, Ubuntu users can find it under:

~/.config/Postman/IndexedDB

edited Oct 25 '22 at 16:16

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answered Mar 25 '18 at 13:32

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I was able to locate leveldb with name as `000005.ldb`. how we can import to new postman in different system, i'm using windows 10. – tomalex Oct 22 '18 at 23:56
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I pretty much copied over whole postman folder to my new system and it worked https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/2721 – tomalex Oct 23 '18 at 00:18
I get a warning, "cannot start postman" during the app splash screen. It never seems to advance from that point. It's too bad that something as basic as export to file doesn't exist. – Svend Nov 29 '18 at 12:04
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For macOS users: I found my Postman DB under `~/Library/Application Support/Postman` – Pierre F Jan 11 '19 at 09:04
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On Windows, you can use the shortcut `%AppData%\Postman\IndexedDB` – Stevoisiak Jan 11 '19 at 15:19
@Steven M . Vascellaro yepp, there’s a sub folder IndexedDB on macOS as well – Pierre F Jan 12 '19 at 13:07
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It's `~/.config/Postman/IndexedDB` on my Ubuntu 18.04 machine. – David Mar 08 '19 at 19:24
I created a symlink from `~/Library/Application Support/Postman/IndexedDB` in my Mac to another folder I have under Git source control. This way I can access my collections in a centralized spot from anywhere in the world, and will have them persisted/memorialized forever. – Jose Quijada Dec 14 '20 at 15:10
This saved my life. I lost a bulk of my local collections when I moved to Workspaces. Thank you. – hareluya86 Dec 30 '21 at 01:30
indexedDB is also in %AppData%\roaming\Postman\partitions\ – trainin99 Mar 21 '23 at 13:13

A. Masson · Answer 2 · 2019-07-20T12:20:45.710

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Postman is using Chromium offline storage capabilities because at the end it's a SPA running inside Chromium (Electron technology).

From Postman's top menubar:

Select View → Show Dev Tools
Select the Application tab
In the sidebar, open Storage → IndexedDB → postman - file:// → collection_requests

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Do you know what folder this data is saved to? – Stevoisiak Mar 13 '18 at 00:53
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I don't know (yet) but since Postman is using Chromium, I would look for a place similar to Google Chrome... see this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9384128/how-to-delete-indexeddb-in-chrome – A. Masson Mar 14 '18 at 11:07
This helped me in getting a hint to restore lost collections too. See here: https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/2022#issuecomment-453128568 @StevenM.Vascellaro the folder would be "IndexedDB" as noted in my Github comment – Shashank Sabniveesu Jan 10 '19 at 15:11

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 21 '21 at 13:03

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On Mac: The json files were automatically backed up (/Users//Library/Application Support/Postman/backup-YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.SSSZ.json) but it is not documented anywhere. You just have to reimport them

answered Feb 21 '21 at 13:03

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This worked for me. But is imported both my local collection and the Team collections. – benhorgen Mar 16 '21 at 23:09
This is also present in Windows. – Jami Apr 07 '22 at 14:48

score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 27 '21 at 06:51

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In windows, postman v9.6.2 I was able to restore collections by pasting the IndexedDB folder in the following path:

\AppData\Roaming\Postman\Partitions\<GUID>\

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Tyler Christian · Answer 5 · 2019-12-05T18:19:33.947

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Alternatively, if you just want to look at the collection, you can export it into json format from the collection menu.

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score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 07 '21 at 04:07

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This support documentation helped me recover my collections after the postman application stopped working.

https://support.postman.com/hc/en-us/articles/360035071313-How-to-recover-my-data-

If you weren't logged in to the app and using it offline or in the Scratch Pad mode then your data won't get synced to our servers and stays local to your instance. In this case, try following the steps below:

Look for the backup files under the following folder: %appdata%\Postman\for Windows ~/Library/Application Support/Postmanfor macOS ~/.config/Postman for Linux

Backup file names will be similar to backup-2020-02-26T23-13-43.082Z.json (date or time will be different for you).

answered Sep 07 '21 at 04:07

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Highly under-rated answer. This worked like a charm and saved me a lot of heartache. Never am I ever going to try and update my old postman version ( v6.x) ... Thank you !! Note: The backup was a 2 months old but it was still good enough. didnt lose much – objectNotFound May 14 '22 at 20:20
link broken now :/ At least the quote is here thought! – cellepo Aug 15 '23 at 20:58

score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 14 '22 at 12:22

If you are using a snapped Postman on Linux, let me save you some time. Copy all the content from your source snapped Postman UNDER (as the target GUID can be different)

/home/username/snap/postman/<id>/.config/Postman/Partitions/<standalone GUID>

to your target snapped Postman UNDER

/home/username/snap/postman/<a different id>/.config/Postman/Partitions/<a different standalone GUID>

Make sure you respect the target postman id and partition GUID.

Wow! What a time saver! This saved my day! Thanks! \(^__^)/ – Kermit Jul 19 '23 at 14:26 — Kermit, Jul 19 '23 at 14:26

Vaiden · Answer 8 · 2023-01-04T09:27:40.630

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We work offline. So for Postman Scratchpad (official offline usage):

On Windows: %HOMEPATH%\AppData\Roaming\Postman\Partitions\
On Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Postman/Partitions/

Simply backup or share the entire directory when you want to synch.

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Tasso Mello · Answer 9 · 2020-09-22T15:52:59.007

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For the version Postman from Google Chrome extension, you need copy all files from path:

"%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Storage\ext\fhbjgbiflinjbdggehcddcbncdddomop\def\IndexedDB\chrome-extension_..."

The files inside path above contains all history and collections from Postman

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answered Jun 28 '19 at 18:43

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As of 2020-09 with current Postman v7.32, this answer is no longer applicable. – simpleuser Sep 20 '20 at 22:22
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STILL works in 2022 – Mar 28 '22 at 08:00

score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Oct 04 '20 at 19:44

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Linux Chrome or Chromium Postman extension storage path Location

/home/{USER}/.config/chromium/Default/Storage/ext/fhbjgbiflinjbdggehcddcbncdddomop/

Thanks.

answered Oct 04 '20 at 19:44

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Mine is under /home/user/.config/google-chrome/Default/Storage/ext/fhbjgbiflinjbdggehcddcbncdddomop. Thank you. – function1983 Feb 20 '22 at 01:11

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Oct 27 '20 at 20:44

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Win10: You have to back up your old Postman C:\Users%user%\AppData\Roaming\Postman\IndexedDB Then copy it to the same location of the new Postman installation.

This will recover all your collections.

answered Oct 27 '20 at 20:44

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Cristóbal Ramos Merino · Answer 12 · 2021-05-11T17:23:46.387

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In Debian-like systems, using Postman v7, I found a backup of all the collections and environments saved as JSON in ~/.config/Postman with the prefix backup-.

eg:

~/.config/Postman/backup-timestamp.json

Also, found a recent support article in Postman documentation: How to recover my data

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answered May 11 '21 at 17:16

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score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Nov 11 '21 at 07:30

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Windows 10, I copy these folder to another and worked.

C:\Users<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\chrome-extension_coohjcphdfgbiolnekdpbcijmhambjff_0.indexeddb.leveldb

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