#How to do a manual backup without setting up automatic backups

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gloomy stone
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I just finished a fairly complicated change, and I want to create a backup before making any further changes. The "backup now" button just launches the automatic backup setup, which I don't want.

In addition, I don't want encryption on my backups. I have an experimental system with many users from several companies accessing my data. I would rather everyone in the world had access to my entire system before a single user lost access. Recovering data is so important to me that encryption is not an option.

uneven quartz
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This is a bunch of ways to back-up your system and not use the new 2025.1 introduced automatic stuff.
Choices are good to have. Make sure you are making the right choice.

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/alternatives-to-automatic-backups-ways-to-do-it-yourself/824436

Home Assistant Community
Alternatives to Automatic Backups. Ways to do it yourself

There have been a lot of questions on how to do a backup if you want to run it manually, not using the awesome automatic tools. Now while I do like the new method and do suggest using encryption, the option is still available to not use it. Here are some options. Some were in the HA Docs, some are still in the HA Docs, but all should still wor...

gloomy stone
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I don't see an option to run a manual backup in that list. They all appear to be for automations. If I've missed it, could you please point it out to me?

empty hazel
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Go to developers tools > actions. Search for "backup" and choose the hassio.full_backup action. Fill out the rest of the options in ui mode or yaml mode. Click on the button. This will kick off a backup and you can check the progress in the supervisor logs

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And you will not have created an automation for it.