# Is there a way to backup settings? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Tags:** android\ **Created:** [May 24, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-backup-settings/23965 "2022-05-24T05:15:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![A\_Nonimo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/a_nonimo/32/5271_2.png) [@A\_Nonimo](https://community.blokada.org/u/A_Nonimo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-backup-settings/23965/1 "2022-05-24T05:15:36Z")
Hi, I might need to uninstall Blokada for a while and want to know what happens if I do so. Will I lose all my settings? Is there a way to back them up and restore them afterwards? I’ve spent years making a custom blocklist manually (since B5 doesn’t allow you to just type in a domain that you want to block, you need to run into it and block it on the activity log) and I don’t want to lose it. ---
**Author:** ![PrintableCharacter](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/printablecharacter/32/88_2.png) [@PrintableCharacter](https://community.blokada.org/u/PrintableCharacter)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-backup-settings/23965/4 "2022-05-24T13:21:16Z")
Hi, There should be an export/import feature in v4 iirc I’m on v5 for a long time now so I don’t really recall where it is anymore but it does have a feature description 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![A\_Nonimo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/a_nonimo/32/5271_2.png) [@A\_Nonimo](https://community.blokada.org/u/A_Nonimo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-backup-settings/23965/5 "2022-05-24T19:46:11Z")
Erm, this is about me, not my dad. I’m on B5. I’m sorry if I didn’t mention that as clearly as I thought I had. Is there a way to backup settings ON BLOKADA 5? ---
**Author:** ![PrintableCharacter](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/printablecharacter/32/88_2.png) [@PrintableCharacter](https://community.blokada.org/u/PrintableCharacter)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-backup-settings/23965/6 "2022-05-24T20:29:26Z")
Oh That’s easy to answer: No xD Some settings like your ID get automatically synced with your Google cloud though. This will change if you’re using Blokada cloud though ---
**Author:** ![A\_Nonimo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/a_nonimo/32/5271_2.png) [@A\_Nonimo](https://community.blokada.org/u/A_Nonimo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-backup-settings/23965/7 "2022-05-24T20:59:31Z")
If my ID gets backed up (shouldn’t I have to consent to that?), does that mean reinstalling Blokada on the same device will restore the settings (because the ID is the same)? PS: could you add a feature request “backup and restore settings (Blokada 5)”? ---
**Author:** ![PrintableCharacter](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/printablecharacter/32/88_2.png) [@PrintableCharacter](https://community.blokada.org/u/PrintableCharacter)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 6:19am UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-backup-settings/23965/8 "2022-05-25T06:19:01Z")
> [@A\_Nonimo](#): > > shouldn’t I have to consent to that? Settings - This device - use cloud backup I’m personally not aware that it’s backing up your lists. Here’s the feature requests you’re asking for: > [@\[Feature Request\] Backup and Restore Settings, Including Ad-blocking Counter](https://community.blokada.org/t/feature-request-backup-and-restore-settings-including-ad-blocking-counter/15623): > > Any chance V4 and V5 can be made to save or export settings and to load settings? Currently, as far as I know, you can’t upgrade to V5 or go back to V4 without losing the counter and having to manually set options, host lists, and custom allowed and blocked items. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Nonimo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/a_nonimo/32/5271_2.png) [@A\_Nonimo](https://community.blokada.org/u/A_Nonimo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-backup-settings/23965/9 "2022-05-25T20:01:10Z")
Oh, I wasn’t aware someone had ever replied to that feature request (in fact, I think they only replied to it AFTER you posted a link to it here kkkkk if I’m interpreting this correctly, your post here was 14h ago and @balboah’s post there was 8h ago?). Thanks for the instructions! I changed it to “yes”, not sure if it’s working (I don’t think I got any acknowledgement from Google) and pretty sure it won’t backup anything you’re not aware that it does (judging from @balboah’s aforementioned post), but still, thank you for your time / explanation. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/system/32/7003_2.png) [@system](https://community.blokada.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-backup-settings/23965/10 "2022-06-01T20:02:02Z")
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