Backup & Restore

Create full archives of your clips, triggers, and captures — and restore them any time.

Backups are single .zip files you can store anywhere. Restore merges or replaces your current data on a module-by-module basis. No restart needed — restored clips appear immediately.

How to use it

Create a backup

  1. Go to Settings → Maintenance → Backup.
  2. Choose (or browse to) a destination folder.
  3. Click Run Backup.
  4. A progress bar counts through each item. The archive path is shown when done.

Restore from a backup

  1. Go to Settings → Maintenance → Restore.
  2. Click Select Archive and pick a .zip backup file.
  3. Review the manifest — it shows what the archive contains (app version, date, item counts).
  4. For each module, choose a strategy:
    • Merge — add archive items alongside your current data (keeps everything)
    • Replace — delete your current data for this module, then restore from archive
    • Skip — leave this module untouched
  5. Click Restore.
  6. A safety backup of your current data is created automatically before the restore begins.

Backup configuration

Setting Default Description
Destination folder (empty) Default save location
Include clips On Include clipboard history
Include triggers On Include text expansion triggers
Include captures On Include screenshot metadata
Include images On Include full-resolution screenshot files
Run on startup Off Auto-create a backup each time the app starts

Tips & gotchas

  • The safety backup before a restore is non-fatal — if it fails (e.g., no data yet), the restore still proceeds.
  • Merge is the safest strategy — your existing data is never deleted.
  • Replace is useful when migrating to a new machine and you want a clean import.
  • Archives include all clipboard format data (RTF, HTML, etc.) — not just plain text.

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