Backup and restore discord favourite gifs

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Backup and restore discord favourite gifs (last update: 31/07/2026)

How to use these scripts:

1. Open a browser and log into your discord account.
2. Open devtools using Ctrl+Shift+I (or Cmd ⌘ + Option ⌥ + I)
3. Go to the console tab.
4. Paste the snippet and hit enter. You might also need to type "allow pasting" if this is your first time using snippets.

Backup gifs

This snippet will export your favourite gifs into a file named discord-favorite-gifs.json.

window.FrecencyUserSettings ??= webpackChunkdiscord_app.push([[Symbol()],,e=>e.b&&Object.values(e.c).values().map(m=>m.exports).filter(x=>typeof x=="object"&&x!=window&&x!=DOMTokenList.prototype).flatMap(x=>[x,...Object.values(x)]).find(x=>x?.ProtoClass?.typeName?.endsWith(".FrecencyUserSettings"))]);

function downloadJSON(content, download) {
  const json = JSON.stringify(content, null, 2);
  const href = URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([json], { type: "application/json" }));
  Object.assign(document.createElement("a"), { href, download }).click();
  URL.revokeObjectURL(href);
}

FrecencyUserSettings.loadIfNecessary();
downloadJSON(FrecencyUserSettings.getCurrentValue().favoriteGifs.gifs, "discord-favorite-gifs.json");

Restore gifs

This snippet will ask you to pick a file with your (previously exported) gifs. It will merge them with the current set of favourite gifs, moving the old ones further down the list.

Note

If you generated your favourites file using a different tool/snippet it could be incompatible. Make sure it follows the specific structure that discord uses.

Click to view example

{
  // The object keys store the source urls - this is what gets sent in chat when you select a gif
  "https://tenor.com/view/cirno-fumo-touhou-fumo-touhou-gif-23545101": {
    // Gif format: NONE = 0, IMAGE = 1, VIDEO = 2
    "format": 2,
    // The media url - discord uses this to generate thumbnails in the gif picker
    "src": "https://media.tenor.co/videos/10b5a62192508ab85ec795ce4124f12a/mp4",
    // The thumbnail width
    "width": 640,
    // The thumbnail height
    "height": 358,
    // Numerical ordering index - gets incremented with each newly favorited gif.
    // This snippet automatically updates the indices of new gifs to always be higher than old gifs,
    // which does not affect their relative order.
    "order": 78
  },
  // ...
}

window.FrecencyUserSettings ??= webpackChunkdiscord_app.push([[Symbol()],,e=>e.b&&Object.values(e.c).values().map(m=>m.exports).filter(x=>typeof x=="object"&&x!=window&&x!=DOMTokenList.prototype).flatMap(x=>[x,...Object.values(x)]).find(x=>x?.ProtoClass?.typeName?.endsWith(".FrecencyUserSettings"))]);

window._log = (msg, color) => console.log(`%c${msg}`, `font-size:2rem;color:${color}`);

function uploadJSON() {
  return new Promise((res, rej) =>
    Object.assign(document.createElement("input"), {
      type: "file",
      accept: "application/json",
      onchange: ({ target: { files: [file] } }) => file?.text().then(JSON.parse).then(res).catch(rej)
    }).click()
  );
}

uploadJSON()
  .catch(() => _log("Failed to parse JSON.", "red"))
  .then(gifs =>
    FrecencyUserSettings.updateAsync("favoriteGifs", state => {
      const offset = Object.values(state.gifs).map(g => g.order).reduce((a, b) => Math.max(a, b), 0) + 1;
      Object.values(gifs).sort((a, b) => a.order - b.order).forEach((gif, i) => gif.order = offset + i);
      Object.assign(state.gifs, gifs);

      const valid = state[Symbol.for("protobuf-ts/message-type")].toBinary(state).length <= 762880;
      if (!valid) _log("Too many gifs.", "red");

      return valid;
    }, 0)
  )
  .then(() => _log("Successfully imported gifs.", "green"))
  .catch(() => _log("Unspecified/Network error.", "red"));

Clear all favourite gifs

Caution

This action is irreversible. Backup your gifs before using this snippet.

Click to view snippet

window.FrecencyUserSettings ??= webpackChunkdiscord_app.push([[Symbol()],,e=>e.b&&Object.values(e.c).values().map(m=>m.exports).filter(x=>typeof x=="object"&&x!=window&&x!=DOMTokenList.prototype).flatMap(x=>[x,...Object.values(x)]).find(x=>x?.ProtoClass?.typeName?.endsWith(".FrecencyUserSettings"))]);

FrecencyUserSettings.updateAsync("favoriteGifs", state => void delete state.gifs);

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I created a script that attempts to download them all. It fails downloading some of them but most will be downloaded successfully. https://github.com/Bogo25/discord-favorite-gifs-dl/ Btw please add in the steps that allow pasting should be typed before the js snippet

i just installed python wrong.. I installed the request module through python and got the script to run, however it fails for every gif saying the file/directory does not exist. I'll just post it as an issue on the script itself.

edit 2: on windows it downloads it to the root directory of the drive that you run the script (so c:\ or whatever), and if you don't run the script from there as well, it will fail to access. The exported json needs to be in that folder as well.