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How do I back up and restore my notes? ​

Taking regular backups means you can recover your notes if your data is corrupted or you lose access to your account. All backups are stored locally encrypted (unless you turn off backup encryption) on your device.

Store your password & recovery key safely

Since all your data is end-to-end encrypted, we have no way to restore your account data if you forget your account password and lose your account recovery key. That's why we recommend that you store your password & recovery key in a password manager or some other safe place.

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Open Backup & export section
  3. Click Create backup under Backup now heading to create a new .nnbackupz file

The Backup & export section of Notesnook settings on web, with the Create backup button

Turn on automatic backups ​

For maximum safety against potential data loss, you can enable daily, weekly or monthly backups of your notes. Enabling automatic backups will ensure that all your data is safely backed up locally after a regular interval.

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Open Backup & export section
  3. Select the Automatic backups interval from the dropdown

The automatic backup interval dropdown in Notesnook desktop settings

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Open Backup & export section
  3. Select the Backup reminders interval from the dropdown

The backup reminder interval dropdown in Notesnook on the web

== Mobile

  1. Go to Settings → Backup & restore.
  2. Tap Backups.
  3. Choose an automatic backup frequency. : :::

Keep backups encrypted ​

To keep your backups secure & private, it is recommended that you enable encryption on your backup files instead of storing them as plaintext data. Encrypted backups are on by default.

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Open Backup & export section
  3. Click the toggle next to Backup encryption to enable/disable encrypted backups

INFO

Backups are always encrypted with your account password.

Restore a backup ​

Restoring overwrites what you have now

Restoring a backup replaces your current content in-place. Anything that changed since that backup was taken is reverted to how it was in the backup. Entirely new content — notes you created after the backup — is not touched.

Always create a backup before restoring one.

Recover a few old notes without losing today's work ​

If you only want something back from an old backup, don't restore it over your current data and hope for the best. Sandwich it:

  1. Create a new backup of your current data.
  2. Restore the old backup and take out what you needed.
  3. Restore the new backup from step 1 to put everything back as it was.

That sequence means no recent change is lost. Be aware of one side effect: restoring an old backup can bring back notes you had deleted since, so check your trash and notes list afterwards.

At any point in time, you can restore a backup to recover lost data. Backups created on one account can be restored on another Notesnook account.

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Open Backup & export section
  3. Click Restore button next to Restore backup heading
  4. Select the .nnbackupz or .nnbackup file from your PC that you want to restore.