---
title: "Backup WhatsApp Chats – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "30,000 users, rated 2.12 by 244 people. Version 4.0.0.5, updated 2026-11-03. Requests 2 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gmbicfpadlmgkfhfepknbmemfhahelll"
---

# Backup WhatsApp Chats

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 30,000
- Rating: 2.12 from 244 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-10 22:57 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: No change (+0.0%)
- Rank by users: #3,205 of 292,130 live extensions
- Rank in Social Networking: #125 of 7,576

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> Downloads a backup of your WhatsApp chats

- Extension ID: `gmbicfpadlmgkfhfepknbmemfhahelll`
- Developer: [fattynoparents](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/uf5b36f8a6b0ceaa0703cd4546e601c43)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Not trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Lifestyle › Social Networking](https://extensiontracker.com/category/lifestyle/social)
- First published: 2019-01-28
- Last updated: 2026-11-03
- Version: `4.0.0.5`
- Size: 2.44 MiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Privacy policy: `https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/fattynoparents/policy/blob/master/privacy%20policy.html`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/backup-whatsapp-chats/gmbicfpadlmgkfhfepknbmemfhahelll>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/gmbicfpadlmgkfhfepknbmemfhahelll>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22gmbicfpadlmgkfhfepknbmemfhahelll%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-10 | 30,000 | 2.12 | 244 |
| 2026-11-04 | 30,000 | 2.12 | 244 |
| 2026-10-30 | 30,000 | 2.12 | 244 |
| 2026-10-22 | 30,000 | 2.12 | 244 |
| 2026-10-16 | 30,000 | 2.12 | 244 |
| 2026-10-08 | 30,000 | 3.05 | 244 |
| 2026-10-02 | 30,000 | 3.06 | 243 |
| 2026-09-29 | 30,000 | 3.06 | 243 |
| 2026-09-27 | 30,000 | 3.06 | 243 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-11-04: New version `4.0.0.5`, replacing `4.0.0.4`.
- 2026-10-02: New version `4.0.0.4`, replacing `4.0.0.3`.

## Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first.

No move to another account and no new contact email since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent changes: [Account and contact changes](https://extensiontracker.com/owners/).

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Sites

- `https://web.whatsapp.com/`: web.whatsapp.com

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `https://web.whatsapp.com/*`: web.whatsapp.com

### Browser features

- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Messages Saver for Facebook™](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/oaimmbbnnhmibhbocchkfcakiankbnlk) | 20,000 | 1.81 | 244 | Social Networking |

All 2 extensions by [fattynoparents](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/uf5b36f8a6b0ceaa0703cd4546e601c43).

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-11-10 22:57 UTC; next check around 2026-11-18.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Backup WhatsApp Chats” (gmbicfpadlmgkfhfepknbmemfhahelll). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-10. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gmbicfpadlmgkfhfepknbmemfhahelll. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_gmbicfpadlmgkfhfepknbmemfhahelll,
  title   = {Backup WhatsApp Chats (gmbicfpadlmgkfhfepknbmemfhahelll)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-10},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gmbicfpadlmgkfhfepknbmemfhahelll},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

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