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.
Postman Solutions
Solution 1 - Postman
It looks like Postman uses LevelDB. On Windows, I found my Postman DB located at:
C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Roaming\Postman\IndexedDB\
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
Solution 2 - Postman
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:
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Select View → Show Dev Tools
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Select the Application tab
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In the sidebar, open Storage → IndexedDB → postman - file:// → collection_requests
Solution 3 - Postman
On Mac: The json files were automatically backed up (/Users/
Solution 4 - Postman
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
Solution 5 - Postman
Alternatively, if you just want to look at the collection, you can export it into json format from the collection menu.
Solution 6 - Postman
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>\
Solution 7 - Postman
Linux Chrome or Chromium Postman extension storage path Location
> /home/{USER}/.config/chromium/Default/Storage/ext/fhbjgbiflinjbdggehcddcbncdddomop/
Thanks.
Solution 8 - Postman
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).
Solution 9 - Postman
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.
Solution 10 - Postman
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
Solution 11 - Postman
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
Solution 12 - Postman
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.