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ScarySulley
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4 months ago

How do backups work?

Hello, First, apologies for all the threads I've been making. I just started using 1Password 8 and have questions. :-) How do backups work in 1Password 8? I know you can export as 1PUX and CSV file...
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ScarySulley
Occasional Contributor
4 months ago

So our 1Password accounts are the backups. I'm assuming it's not possible to download or export an encrypted backup (besides the unencrypted 1PUX and CSV files)? I'm just thinking if something happened to the 1Password servers.

Also thank you for the additional info you mentioned.

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1P_Dave
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4 months ago

ScarySulley​ 

Thanks for the reply. Your encrypted data is replicated to redundant copies on our end to guard against any data loss. And, even if our servers were to go down, you would still have access to your passwords on your device if you've installed the app since it maintains an offline cache (with some exceptions for 1Password Business customers based on the configuration set by their admin).

I'm assuming it's not possible to download or export an encrypted backup (besides the unencrypted 1PUX and CSV files)?

There's no encrypted export option at the moment but I'll let the team know that you'd be interested in seeing this in the future. For now, the 1PUX export contains an encrypted and lossless copy of all of your items aside from passkeys. 

-Dave

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