Toolbox can back up your personal settings to a Reddit wiki page and restore them later. This is the recommended way to migrate your Toolbox configuration to a new browser, a new device, or to share a baseline setup with another moderator on your team. The backup is stored in theDocumentation Index
Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://mintlify.com/toolbox-team/reddit-moderator-toolbox/llms.txt
Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
tbsettings wiki page of a subreddit you choose, and only moderators of that subreddit with wiki access can read or overwrite it.
Exporting settings
Exporting saves a snapshot of your current Toolbox settings to a subreddit wiki page.Enter a subreddit name
Type the name of a subreddit where you are a moderator with wiki edit access. The backup will be written to that subreddit’s
tbsettings wiki page.How the export transforms keys
In browser extension storage, every setting is stored under the key formatToolbox.Module.settingName. When Toolbox writes the backup to the wiki, it strips the Toolbox. prefix so each key becomes Module.settingName. This keeps the backup format clean and slightly shorter.
Storage.setting is excluded from the backup entirely.
null values are never written to the backup. If a setting was never changed from its default, it may not appear in the exported file at all.Importing settings
Importing pulls a settings backup from a subreddit wiki page and writes it over your current Toolbox settings.What gets skipped during import
Two categories of data are always excluded when importing:oldreddit.enabled — skipped unconditionally
oldreddit.enabled — skipped unconditionally
The
oldreddit.enabled setting is never imported, regardless of what value is stored in the backup. This prevents accidentally toggling Reddit interface compatibility settings on a different browser or OS where the behavior may differ.Backups from Toolbox versions under 3.0 — rejected
Backups from Toolbox versions under 3.0 — rejected
Toolbox checks the
Utils.lastversion field in the backup. If its value is less than 300 (representing version 3.0), the import is aborted and nothing is written. Settings from Toolbox 2.x are not compatible with the current storage format.Key format reference
| Context | Key format | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Browser extension storage | Toolbox.Module.settingName | Toolbox.Modbar.enabled |
| Exported wiki backup | Module.settingName | Modbar.enabled |
Common use cases
Migrating to a new browser
Export your settings to a private subreddit you moderate, install Toolbox in the new browser, then import from that same subreddit to restore your full configuration.
Sharing settings with a co-moderator
Export your settings to a shared mod subreddit. Your co-moderator can then import from that subreddit to start with the same baseline Toolbox configuration.