# Option to backup rules and settings

**URL:** <https://forum.spyshelter.com/t/option-to-backup-rules-and-settings/86>\
**Category:** SpyShelter\
**Created:** [March 8, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.spyshelter.com/t/option-to-backup-rules-and-settings/86 "2024-03-08T14:10:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Kaliban](https://forum.spyshelter.com/user_avatar/forum.spyshelter.com/kaliban/32/29_2.png) [@Kaliban](https://forum.spyshelter.com/u/Kaliban)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.spyshelter.com/t/option-to-backup-rules-and-settings/86/1 "2024-03-08T14:10:54Z")

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Hello,  
I suggest to add a option for exporting / importing rules and settings in case you need to reinstall SpyShelter.

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**Author:** ![SpyShelterCarl](https://forum.spyshelter.com/user_avatar/forum.spyshelter.com/spysheltercarl/32/7_2.png) [@SpyShelterCarl](https://forum.spyshelter.com/u/SpyShelterCarl)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.spyshelter.com/t/option-to-backup-rules-and-settings/86/2 "2024-03-08T14:35:16Z")

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@Kaliban

Thanks for your feedback.

Yes, this is very important and it’s on our list of things todo. Losing all your SpyShelter settings/rules is not fun for anyone, including our own team.

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**Author:** ![SpyShelterCarl](https://forum.spyshelter.com/user_avatar/forum.spyshelter.com/spysheltercarl/32/7_2.png) [@SpyShelterCarl](https://forum.spyshelter.com/u/SpyShelterCarl)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.spyshelter.com/t/option-to-backup-rules-and-settings/86/3 "2024-03-08T14:35:54Z")

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I forgot to mention, we’re working hard to make the Rules tab auto-clean out so people aren’t left with old apps that no longer exist. The update won’t be in this next software release, but it should be in the one after that.

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**Author:** ![Surt](https://forum.spyshelter.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Surt](https://forum.spyshelter.com/u/Surt)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.spyshelter.com/t/option-to-backup-rules-and-settings/86/4 "2024-03-15T19:28:34Z")

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> [@SpyShelterCarl](#):
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> it’s on our list of things todo

If one copied the com.spyshelter folder somewhere, could that be used to restore settings if SpyShelter ever needed an uninstall/reinstall? That is, after the reinstall, overwrite it to the fresh com.spyshelter folder? (Of course, it would be up to the user to update the copied folder as needed.)

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**Author:** ![SpyShelterAlex](https://forum.spyshelter.com/user_avatar/forum.spyshelter.com/spyshelteralex/32/19_2.png) [@SpyShelterAlex](https://forum.spyshelter.com/u/SpyShelterAlex)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.spyshelter.com/t/option-to-backup-rules-and-settings/86/5 "2024-03-15T22:35:57Z")

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com.spyshelter folder does not contain the rules or service settings so backing it up will not help in this case. We will provide an option to create backups for service settings and rules with the next upcoming release.