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This release adds automatic and manual local backups for your user data and lets you restore one or more Status profiles from local backup files.
Backups are fast, reliable, and private — your data stays only on your device and never leaves it.
Automatic (default, every 30 minutes)
After you update to Status v2.35, the app will automatically back up your data every 30 minutes.
Backup data includes:
Manual
Need to back up right now?
Go to Settings → Syncing and click “Back Up Data Locally” to create/update a local backup file without waiting for the next automatic cycle.
All backups are stored locally on your device only. No one, including Status, can see or access them.
If you need to restore your Status profiles in your current app installation or after a fresh app installation, you can do so using your local backup files.
Note: Backups are created per Status profile. Each file name includes a portion of that profile’s chat key, so you can easily tell backup files for different profiles apart.
If you can still log in to your profile:
If you cannot log in to your profile:
C:\Users\%USER%\AppData\Roaming\Status\backups
~/Library/Application Support/Status/backups
$HOME/.config/Status/backups
After these steps, your Status profile data should be restored. If you have multiple profiles, repeat steps #5 to #10 above for each profile.
Upcoming iterations will extend local backups to include chat messages and add opt-in/opt-out controls, so you can choose whether to back up your chats.
We’d love your feedback and feature requests at Status Discuss – Desktop Features: https://discuss.status.app/tags/c/features/51/desktop.
In Status v2.35, users can quickly search through the sections of the Status app and pin those to which they want quick access to their Home Page taskbar.
You can now choose which devices stay paired.
Go to Settings → Syncing to unpair a lost, replaced, or uninstalled device so only your trusted devices remain connected.
Ready to explore the new features? Update your Status Desktop and jump in → Download Status Desktop (Windows/macOS/Linux)
Status Desktop is still in active development, so you may encounter bugs.
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