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Backup and restore

Adaptive Learner can back up your entire learning state into a single file and restore it on another device, in a fresh installation, or after switching browsers. You find everything under Settings → Data.

What the backup contains

A backup is a complete snapshot: all 30 data tables (learning projects, sessions, lesson progress, element-level errors, gamification with XP/streak/badges, missions, Anki cards, notes and more) plus your downloaded content sets. Nothing important is left behind.

Before the export, the app shows a "Your backup contains …" preview with record counts per area, so you can see what will be backed up before saving.

Creating a backup

  1. Open Settings → Data.
  2. Press Create backup.
  3. In browser-only mode you can choose a save location directly via the File System Access API ("Save to disk"); if the browser does not support it, the app downloads the file instead.

Auto-backup: Optionally, the app keeps a rolling ring of the most recent snapshots, so you are never left without a backup.

Restoring

  1. Settings → Data → Restore.
  2. Choose the backup file.
  3. The app imports each table and scrolls to the top to a per-table summary (added / updated / skipped), so you can see exactly what was imported.

If something goes wrong during the import, a persistent error notice (toast) appears that does not disappear on its own — so you never miss an error. In Developer Mode (Settings → Interface) the message contains the technical details for a GitHub issue.

Cross-identity import

You do not have to be the same user on the same device. A backup can be imported into a fresh installation or under a different user profile. The restore assigns the data to the active profile and cleanly re-resolves internal references (foreign keys) in the process, so your progress stays coherent — including lesson step progress, streak and badges.

Backup at first login

When you restart the app (or start it for the first time on a device), Adaptive Learner actively offers to import an existing backup instead of starting from an empty state. This way, after a device or browser switch, you immediately get back into your learning flow.

Both storage modes

Backup and restore work in both storage modes — server (API) and browser-only (Dexie/IndexedDB). The format is a single JSON file; there is no proprietary archive format.

Privacy

The backup stays entirely in your hands. It is only stored wherever you put it — nothing is sent to a server.