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title: "Back up your log and move to a new phone"
description: "Export an encrypted backup file and restore it on a new or reset phone."
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Back up your log and move to a new phone

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# Back up your log and move to a new phone

Export an encrypted backup file and restore it on a new or reset phone.

Standard feature
Backups are free. Your log lives only on your phone, so a backup file is the only way to get it back after a lost phone or a reinstall.

## Steps

1. Open Settings and, under "Backup & Restore", tap "Backup or restore".
2. On "Export backup", choose "Password protected" and enter a password you will remember.
3. Optionally turn on "Include caregiver sharing keys" so you don't have to re-pair caregivers after restoring.
4. Tap "Export".
5. Choose where to save the file, such as Files, iCloud Drive or AirDrop to another device.

Set reminders in Settings, under "Backup & Restore", "Reminders": by time, by number of new entries, or both.

![Back up your log and move to a new phone](/assets/images/screenshots/framed/en/backup-and-restore-settings.png)

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![Back up your log and move to a new phone](/assets/images/screenshots/framed/en/backup-and-restore-export.png)

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## Restore on a new phone

Restoring replaces everything already in the app on that phone.

1. Install the app. On "What brings you here?", choose "I have a backup file". On a phone already in use, go to Settings, "Backup or restore", "Restore".
2. Tap "Choose a backup file" and pick your file.
3. Enter the backup password and tap "Continue".
4. Check what "This backup contains" and tap "Import this backup".
5. Confirm "Erase and restore".