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⏰ Automatic backup (v1)

This section describes the old procedure for saving your profiles and contacts, prior to Olvid’s version 3.7 (April 2025). The new procedure is available here.

Read how to change your phone or computer in anticipation of changing or losing your device.

Enable automatic backup to backup your Olvid profiles automatically when you change your profiles and contacts, and at least once a day, to iCloud, Google Drive or your cloud accessible via WebDAV.

Make sure that you always have the latest version of Olvid.

If you change OS (iOS <-> Android):
- Perform a manual backup because automatic backup will not work.
Please, read the warnings about the backup.

How to start?

First, generate your backup key. Then…

iPhone iPad

Tap > Backup settings .
Enable Automatic iCloud backups.

Android

Tap > Backup settings.
Tap Enable automatic backup.
Select the Account on which you want to store your backups.
Olvid requires access to Google Drive or your cloud accessible via WebDAV to perform backups:
- Tap Allow if your device asks for Olvid’s permission “to view and manage your own configuration data in Google Drive”.
- Confirm and tap Allow again.

What’s next?

You can verify your backup.

Manage cloud backups

iPhone iPad

Tap > Backup settings .
Under Automatic iCloud backups, you can:
- View the iCloud backups list and Delete old ones.

Android

Tap > Backup settings.
Tap Manage cloud backups.