Backups and New Phones · 1 min read
Restoring adds back what's missing and removes nothing.
Restore from Backup brings a vault's contents back from a .hypa file. It adds back what's missing and removes nothing.
A backup can also bring a vault to a new phone, or bring back a vault erased by a duress passcode. Anything added after the backup was made isn't in it.
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Restoring adds back what's missing and removes nothing.
No. Restore adds back what's missing and removes nothing, so files you've added since the backup stay as they are.
No. A backup opens only with the recovery phrase of the vault it came from, and nobody, including us, can open it without that.
Read the Help ArticleYes. A backup and its recovery phrase bring an erased vault back, as it was when the backup was made.
Read the Help ArticleOnly with both the file and its recovery phrase. Anyone who has both can open it, so keep them in different places.
