Backing up and restoring your data
This article helps you back up your account and restore from a backup if needed.
Steps
- Open Settings → Data → Backup & restore.
- Click "Export account data", downloads a single JSON file containing every ingredient, recipe, component, order, customer, supplier, pricing tier, override, setting, and production history entry on the account.
- Use "Restore from backup…" to bring a file back in. This replaces everything currently in the account with the file's contents. The restore runs as one transaction, so a failure partway rolls back and leaves your existing data untouched. You'll be asked to re-confirm before it runs.
Set "Remind me to back up every [N weeks]" for a recurring nudge, it also shows when your last export was ("No export recorded yet" until you've made one).
Settings → Data → Backup & restore, showing Export/Restore buttons, the restoring disclaimer, and the reminder-cadence field
What to expect
A backup is comprehensive, it's built to fully reconstruct the account, including production history and pricing overrides, not just the catalogue data.
Common issues
- Restored a backup and lost recent work, restore fully replaces the account's current data with the file's contents; there's no merge. Export a fresh backup immediately before restoring an older one if you want to keep both.