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Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Connect with and learn from others in the QuickBooks Community. Join now. Level 1. How do i backup Quickbooks online? Labels: QuickBooks Online. Reply Join the conversation. Community Champion. You could export your entire online to desktop and then "restore" into a new QBO company full upload of a desktop company to an online company is only available within first 60 days Thank you! This is exactly what I need to do.

How do I export your entire online to desktop? Tori B. QuickBooks Team. I hope you're having a wonderful morning so far. Let's get started. If you don't have it purchased, you can always install a trial version.

After you've installed, you'll want to open the program in administrator mode. Right-click the QuickBooks Desktop icon and select Run as administrator. Leave QuickBooks open while you complete the next set of steps. Export your data Microsoft no longer supports Internet Explorer. Click the Gear icon and select Export Data. Enter your reason for exporting and hit Continue. In the Download company data section, select Learn more , then Get Started. Click Continue when it's finished.

Choose the data you want to export, then hit Continue. After reviewing the limitations, select Continue. Enter your contact info and then Continue. Tori B wrote: Good morning, jr Before canceling, you have the option to manually back up your file through the following options: Printed necessary financial and payroll forms and reports you might need in the future.

Paid any outstanding tax deposits and filed tax forms. Make your own arrangements to retain the data after that time. To print reports: Go to the Reports menu and select the report you want to print or export. Find the report you want to save a copy for, then click to open it. Follow these steps if you use Intuit Data Protect to back up your company files. Step 1: Create a backup company file Backup company files save everything currently in your company file.

Schedule automatic backups Instead of manually backing up your company file, let QuickBooks do it automatically. Go to the File menu again and hover over Back up Company. Then select Create Local Backup. In the window, select Local Backup and then Next. In the Local Backup Only section, select Browse and select where you want to save your backup company file. Set the number of backups you want to keep.

This is optional. Tip : No need to pencil it in on your calendar. Use the options in the Online and Local Backup section to set backu reminders. In the Online and Local Backup section, select Complete verification. This runs a test to make sure your backup file is in good shape before you save. When you're ready, select OK. Select Save it now and schedule future backups and then Next. Or if you don't want to save a backup now, select Only schedule future backups.

Select the Save backup copy automatically when I close my company file checkbox. Then select the number of times between backups. To create a schedule, select New. Fill out the data fields to create a backup schedule. You can set a specific time or day of the week. After you set your schedule, select OK. QuickBooks asks you to enter your Windows sign-in password.

This gives QuickBooks permission to run the scheduled backup. QuickBooks Team. Hey there, css Welcome to the Community! I'd be glad to offer my assistance. Level I appreciate this response, however, we have been backing up the same way for years now. There can be an error when you backed up your company file, css Click the Contact us link. Enter your concern that QuickBooks creates a Temp backup file using Dropbox. Click Continue. We provide options on how you'll want to connect with us.

You can always reach out to me if you have further questions. I think this is an enginerring issue with QB. Hello there, headhunting dot com, I'd suggest saving a backup file to other locations, such as flash drive, to see if it saves a. Any error message? Hi, This backup problem happens once a while. At least create a portable company file when your back up fails. I had no problem to get a Portable file when Back up fails.

This may help you from a disaster. Kevin, LA. Hi, This back up problem happens once a while. After couple of months suppose after a new update , it solved alon. Create a copy of Portable company file. I could get it even a normal back up fails. This may save you from a disaster. Good luck! Level 2. Create a backup file in different version. Failure to create backup.

Automatic Backups stopped working. Automatic local backups stopped working. And yes, we have more year end topics to cove