<p>Never worry about losing your projects, tasks, and comments. If you’re a Pro or Business user, your Todoist automatically creates backup files for the active tasks in all of your current projects. You can easily restore a project at any time.</p>
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<p>Backups are only generated from the day your account is upgraded from a free account to a Pro or Business account.</p>
<p>Therefore, if you delete a project while using the free version of Todoist and then afterward upgrade to Pro or Business, you won't be able to find that project in your backups.</p>
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<h2>Downloading a backup</h2>
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<li>Click <strong>your avatar</strong> in the top-right corner of your Todoist.</li>
<li>Click <strong>Settings</strong>.</li>
<li>Open the <strong>Backups</strong> tab.</li>
<li>Click <strong>download</strong> next to any of the daily automatic backups. This will start a download for a ZIP file containing CSV files for each of your current projects including all active tasks (completed tasks and archived projects are not included).</li>
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<p>Backups can only be accessed via web, macOS, or Windows 10/11 apps.</p>
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<p>You can also click <strong>+ Create Backup</strong> at the top of your backups tab to manually create a backup of all of your active projects.</p>
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<h2>Restoring a backup</h2>
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<li>Create a new project.</li>
<li>In the top-right corner, click on the <strong>three dots icon</strong>.</li>
<li>Select <strong>Import from template</strong>.</li>
<li>Choose (or drag and drop) the CSV file from your computer that corresponds to the project you want to restore.</li>
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<p>Backups can only be restored via web, macOS, or Windows 10/11 apps.</p>
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<p>All the active tasks, due dates, comments, and files from the backed up project will be added to the new project.</p>
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<p>All of your data is safe and secure. You can read our full <a href="https://en.todoist.com/security">data security policy</a> for more details.</p>
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<h2>FAQ</h2>
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<h4>I have accidentally deleted a project and I’m on the free plan. Can I upgrade to Pro or Business to access a backup and restore it?</h4>
<p>Unfortunately, that’s not possible. Backups are only created from the day an account is upgraded to Pro or Business.</p>
<h4>Is there a maximum amount of backups that can be created and stored?</h4>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yes, you can store up to 21 backups on your account. Backups </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">are automatically created daily and correspond to the last 21 days, older backups are overwritten and deleted.</span></p>
<h4>How many comments can be stored in a backup?</h4>
<p>Backups can store up to 500 comments per task.</p>
<h4>How often does Todoist create a new backup?</h4>
<p>Backups are created once a day on days that you’ve logged in to your Todoist and made any changes.</p>
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