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Saving and restoring the FRITZ!Box settings

You can save the settings of your FRITZ!Box in a backup file and use it to restore all or only certain settings (for example Wi-Fi settings, telephone books), if necessary.

In addition to the manual backup described here, you can also have the push service save your settings automatically. The "Save Settings" push service automatically sends an email with the backup file before every update and each time the factory settings are loaded.

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

1 Saving settings of the FRITZ!Box

Saving settings

  1. Click "System" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. Click "Backup" in the "System" menu.
  3. Click on the "Save" tab.
  4. Enter a password.

    Tip:Keep the password in a safe place! The backup file can be used only after the password is entered.

  5. Click "Save" and confirm that the procedure may be executed on the FRITZ!Box, if you are asked to do so.
  6. Save the file "FRITZ.Box[...].export" on your computer. If the browser blocks the file download, click "Keep" in Microsoft Edge and Chrome.

Saving data from the internal memory

  1. Click "Home Network" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. Click "Storage (NAS)" in the "Home Network" menu.
  3. If the option "Storage (NAS) enabled" is enabled, click "Internal memory" to display the contents of FRITZ!NAS.
  4. Select the files and folders you want to back up.
  5. Click "Download" and save the file "download.zip" on your computer.

2 Restoring the FRITZ!Box settings

  1. Click "System" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. Click "Backup" in the "System" menu.
  3. Click on the "Restore" tab.
  4. Click the "Browse..." or "Choose File" button.
  5. Select the file "FRITZ.Box[...].export" with the settings you want to restore.
  6. Enter the password you entered when saving the file.
  7. If you want to restore the settings to the same FRITZ!Box, enable the option "Restore all of the settings".
    • If you want to restore the settings to a different FRITZ!Box or only want to restore certain settings, enable the option "Select manually the settings to be restored".
  8. Click the "Restore" button.
  9. On the FRITZ!Box,confirm that the procedure may be executed, if you are asked to do so.
  10. If it is the same FRITZ!Box, all of the settings will now be applied.
    • If it is a different FRITZ!Box or you enabled the option "Select manually...", enable the settings you would like to import and click "Apply".

3 Re-registering DECT devices

If DECT devices did not automatically connect to the FRITZ!Box after you imported the settings, register them with the FRITZ!Box again. To keep all of the settings, use the FRITZ!Box's button to register them and not the wizard in the FRITZ!Box user interface:

  1. Register cordless telephones, DECT repeaters, FRITZ!DECT sockets, and FRITZ!DECT radiator controls with the FRITZ!Box again.
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