I would NEVER normally disagree with Brogan or Mike on any subject , but there is a way.. Its not easy but can be done with a little time and patience..
A few years ago I wrote a guide for the members and never got around to expanding on it further..
Guide:
https://xenforo.com/community/resources/database-backup-local-offsite.1554/
Sadly where the pictures were located is no longer available hence them not showing in the article.
Here is a slightly updated version , download & extract then select index file it will run in your default browser.
http://kodistream.info/temp/mysqldump_guide.zip
You can select what tables you want to be backed up or restored , just look through the explorer and it will tell you the addons table name, simply do not select them...
Always a good idea to take a complete backup first..