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About online backups
Quicken's online backup is the easiest & most secure way to back up your Quicken data files online. While we encourage you to continue making local backups, this additional storage location helps prevent data loss in situations such as a missing/inoperable computer or other data loss situations.
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This feature is currently in the beta phase. When Online Backups become Backup becomes available for all users, this will be a paid feature. |
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Security: Backups are encrypted, helping to keep your data secure.
Accessibility: Quicken's online backup is the easiest & and most secure way to back up your Quicken data files online allowing . It allows you to access them from any deskto Windows computer with the current Quicken Classic installed when using your account.
Convenience: The option to automatically back up your data when you quit Quicken ensures your latest information is always saved.
Control: The settings allow you to receive reminders if you haven't backed up in a while, ensuring regular backup maintenance.
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Accessing Online Backup for the first time
If Online Backup does not automatically appear after purchase, go to Help menu → Manage Your Subscription > Check Membership Status. Quicken will update your membership.
Creating a backup
While you can and should use automatic backups, sometimes you will want to manually create a backup. To do this:
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- Navigate to the File menu or top cloud icon
→ View/Restore Backups. - Choose an online backup file to review the details. You can filter to an individual data file (if you have more than one) by name using the menu Choose a file to view backups.
- You can review details such as the Date and Size of your backup. You can also view any Note and verify whether you have locked the file.
- To add or edit a Note, select the individual file and click the note icon in the Note field.
- To lock a backup, click the leftmost column. A lock icon will appear. You can click again to remove the lock. You can store up to ten backups of each of your files. After ten, saving a new file will delete the oldest unlocked file. You can lock up to nine files.
- To delete an online backup, right-click or control-click the individual file and select Delete Backup.
- To restore a backup (make that backup your data file again), select the file and click the restore icon in the rightmost column. Restoring a backup will make that file your active data file.
- To close the window when you have finished managing your backups, select Done.
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