Extract text from Local storage databases (LOCALSTORAGE)
To convert LOCALSTORAGE Databases to another format, you need Google Chrome or other Database software.
To convert other file formats to the "Browser Data File" file type, you need software like Google Chrome or a similar tool.
The .localstorage file is a local database used by Chromium-based browsers like Google Chrome and WebKit-based browsers to store web application data. This mechanism, known as HTML5 Web Storage, allows websites to save user settings, session identifiers, and cached offline assets directly to the user's hard drive.
To view the contents natively, you need database management software such as DB Browser for SQLite or DBeaver, or you must inspect the data through the browser's Developer Tools (Wikipedia: Web storage).
Users often need to convert this file to extract raw data, troubleshoot an application, or recover lost website sessions. The core disadvantage of the .localstorage format is that it is not a standard document. It is structured as a proprietary SQLite database. Standard document converters completely fail to process it because they attempt to read the file as plain text, while the actual data is locked inside SQL tables with no universal schema. Furthermore, the stored payload is frequently serialized or encoded in base64.
The best target formats for data extraction are CSV for spreadsheet analysis, JSON for developer parsing, or SQL for database restoration. Note that exporting this data will only extract the raw strings; encrypted or heavily serialized application states will remain in their raw format.
Because this is a closed database structure, extracting meaningful information can be challenging. Standard web tools fail because only the original browser engine natively maps the data.
Convert.Guru analyzes your LOCALSTORAGE file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert LOCALSTORAGE file to JSON, HTML, HTM, CSS, JS, PHP, ASP, ASPX, JSP, JSPX, PY or RB, you can use Google Chrome or similar software from the "Web application data storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RSS, CSS, CGI, SITEMAP, PL, WEBMANIFEST, JSON, JS, XML, HTML, ICO or HTM files to LOCALSTORAGE, try Google Chrome or another comparable tool in the "Web application data storage" category.
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