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Saving and restoring FRITZ!Box telephone books

The interface allows you to save the local FRITZ!Box telephone books. Then you can always use the backup to restore your telephone book, which means you are protected against data loss. Telephone books can also be copied from one FRITZ!Box to another, for example when switching to a different FRITZ!Box model.

Note:All instructions on configuration and settings given in this guide refer to the latest FRITZ!OS for the FRITZ!Box.

1 Saving the telephone book

  1. Click "Telephony" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. Click "Telephone Book" in the "Telephony" menu.
  3. Select a telephone book, click the "Save" button, and save the telephone book as an XML file on your computer.

    Important:If the browser blocks the file download, click "Keep" in Microsoft Edge and Chrome.

  4. Save all of the telephone books stored in the FRITZ!Box, one after the other.

2 Restoring the telephone book

  1. Click "Telephony" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. Click "Telephone Book" in the "Telephony" menu.
  3. If you want to transfer the telephone book you saved to a new telephone book, click the "New Telephone Book" link. However, the options "Quick-dial number" and "Vanity code" are only available for the first telephone book.
    • If you want to replace an existing telephone book, click on the tab for that telephone book. When you restore, all of the existing telephone book entries are overwritten.
  4. Click the "Restore" button.
  5. Click the "Browse..." or "Choose File" button and select the file (*.XML) with the telephone book you saved.
  6. Click the "Restore Telephone Book" button.
  7. Restore all of the telephone books you want to use, one after the other.
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