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id: backups
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title: Wallet Backups
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---
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Currently, the primary to back up the Bitcoin-S wallet now is through creating a `zip`
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archive of the `.bitcoin-s` data folder. This is chosen because to have a complete backup
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for open DLCs you need to restore all the data given from your counter-party as well as some
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generated by your own wallet. Zipping the folder is the easiest way to back up and restore
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this data as it is not something that can be written down on a piece of paper.
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## Backing up from the GUI
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To create a backup from the GUI simply click the `File` menu, then select `Save Backup`.
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This will bring up a dialog to choose the save location for where to save the file to.
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This file with be a `zip` archive of your `.bitcoin-s` data folder, it will contain all
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of your wallet seeds, DLC data, oracle data, wallet history, and configuration.
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## Backing up from the CLI
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To create a backup from the cli simply use the `zipdatadir` cli command.
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Example:
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```bash
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bitcoin-s-cli zipdatadir "/path/to/save/zip/drive"
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```
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This will create a `zip` archive at the given path that can be later used to restore from
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## Restoring from a backup
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To restore from a backup you simply to place the contents of the `zip` archive in your `.bitcoin-s` folder.
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The default for different operating systems is:
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Linux & MacOs: `~/.bitcoin-s`
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Windows: `C:/Users/{Your Username}/.bitcoin-s`
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After replacing the files, simply restart Bitcoin-S and will re-sync from where you
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last left off.
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* If neutrino syncing was previously being used, it will need to download them all again.
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