cookieclickerWhere your progress lives
Little Bakery stores its save in this browser's local storage for this website. It is not a cloud account. Another browser, a private window, a different device or a different website address can have a separate save. Clearing site data can remove your bakery.
The active bakery saves every five seconds. Purchases, upgrades, resets and ownership handoff also save immediately. A sudden browser or device failure can still lose recent unsaved clicks, so export a backup before a major change.
Export a backup
- Open Settings from the bakery.
- Choose Export save to download a JSON file.
- Keep the file somewhere you can find again, especially before clearing site data or starting fresh.
The file includes your bakery name, cookie balances, clicks, buildings, upgrades and save time. Treat it as your game progress: anyone you share it with can inspect or import that progress. The website does not automatically upload this file.
Move a bakery to another device
Export from the original device, then open this same Little Bakery website on the destination device. In Settings, choose Import save and select the JSON backup. Importing replaces the destination bakery, so export that bakery first if you want to keep both.
Little Bakery validates imported values, building counts and upgrade IDs. Use a backup exported by this game. Original Cookie Clicker save strings and saves from other games are not compatible. A renamed or manually edited file may be rejected if its contents are invalid.
How offline cookies are calculated
On return, the game calculates the time since the saved timestamp, capped at eight hours, and multiplies it by the production of the saved buildings and upgrades. Manual clicking is not included. You do not need to keep the page open for this calculation.
For example, ten unupgraded Grandmas produce 10 CPS. Returning after two hours adds about 72,000 cookies: 10 × 7,200 seconds. A twelve-hour break is capped at eight hours, or 288,000 cookies at that same rate. Actual gains use the last saved timestamp, so they can differ slightly from a stopwatch.
Why another tab is read-only
One tab owns the bakery and writes progress. Other tabs show saved snapshots to prevent competing writes. Close the active game tab and the waiting tab can take over automatically. Read-only is a progress-protection state, rather than a purchase or account restriction.
Use an up-to-date browser on HTTPS. This game needs the Web Locks browser feature to coordinate tabs. If the page says your browser cannot coordinate saves, try a supported browser rather than repeatedly importing your backup.
If progress appears missing
- Check that you opened the same website address in the same browser profile.
- Check whether the original bakery is in another tab or private window.
- Import your most recent Little Bakery backup if site data was cleared.
- Avoid choosing Start a new bakery while troubleshooting.
If you still need help, email [email protected] with your browser, device, the message shown and what happened before the issue. Describe the issue first; only share a save file if you are comfortable sharing the progress and bakery name it contains.
See our privacy and data explanation for local storage and visit statistics, or return to the beginner guide.