{{ :manual:user_guide:ic_backup_manager_alt.png?nolink|}}====== Backup Manager ======

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We strongly recommend backing up your Locus data - **tracks, routes, points, and settings**. This tool enables the definition of **periodic automatic backups** and triggers manual **one-time backups**. 

==== Automatic backup ====
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... saves Locus data periodically to //Locus/backup/auto// directory and optionally to **Dropbox or Google Drive**. How to set it up:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tools:backup02.jpg?nolink |}}
  - **Enable** automatic backup
  - set what you want to backup - the default is all:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tools:backup03.jpg?nolink |}}
  - Set **repetition frequency**, **number** of stored backups and backup to **cloud** (optional but strongly recommended):
=== Backup to cloud ===
Automatically backs up selected Locus data to your selected directory at Dropbox or Google Drive:
  * **enable** the option
  * select your favorite **cloud drive**
  * **log in** and **allow access** for Locus Map
  * **select/create a folder** for the backup files and **confirm**:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tools:backup05.jpg?nolink |}}
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  * **Attached media (photos, videos...) are not backed up**
  * **Maps are not backed up this way.** They are automatically backed up on our servers, some third-party maps are backed up a [[manual:user_guide:maps_offline#cloud_backup_of_maps|different way]].
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==== Manual backup ====
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Saves a single backup file with Locus data to //Locus/backup/// directory (it can be changed in //settings > Backup & File system > File system manager > Set custom sub-directories//). The file name is by default the **time stamp** but it can be changed.\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tools:backup07.jpg?nolink |}} 
  - **set** what you want to backup (the same selection as with the automatic backup)
  - set backup to **cloud** (optionally, the same way as with the automatic backup)

==== Restore from backup ====
  * select **storage** where the backup file is stored:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tools:backup08.jpg?nolink |}}
  * select the **backup file**. It starts downloading and then its content is analyzed
  * you are prompted to select **what content of the package you want to restore**:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tools:backup09.jpg?nolink |}}
  * **restart** Locus Map
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Restore from backup **overwrites all related data**. Keep this in mind, especially regarding your tracks, routes and points.
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