Back up and restore your Noodle library · User guide

Your library lives only on your phone, so a backup file is your safety net. Export one now and then, and keep it somewhere other than the phone: your cloud drive, email to yourself, or a computer.

Backup and storage settings with the Export backup and Import backup… buttons, and the space your library uses below

Export a backup

Go to Settings → Backup & storage.
Tap Export backup. Android's share sheet opens with the backup file.
Pick where to keep it: Google Drive, Files, an email to yourself.

The file holds your saves, notes, categories, tags, Plan, reminders and chats.

Restore a backup

Make sure the phone can reach the backup file: in Files, Downloads or your cloud drive.
Go to Settings → Backup & storage.
Tap Import backup… and pick the file.
Noodle asks Replace everything? and says how many items the backup has. Tap Replace.
The app restarts with the restored library.

Your library before the restore isn't thrown away: for a few days, Noodle keeps a copy under Safety copies in Backup & storage, with an Export button.

Move to a new phone

On the old phone, export a backup and save it to a cloud drive or email.
On the new phone, install Noodle and open it.
Import the backup as above.
Copy the Noodle Assistant folder from the old phone's Pictures to the new one, or let your phone's own backup bring it across.
Sign in and download your smart features again; they aren't part of the backup.

What isn't in the backup

Your photos and videos. They stay in the Noodle Assistant folder in Pictures, which your phone's normal backup (Google Photos, Files) can include.
The PDF files and voice recordings themselves. Their words come across and you can still find them, but on a new phone you can't open the PDF or play the recording.
Downloaded smart features. Download them again on the new phone.
Your sign-in.

Good to know

A backup from an older version of Noodle imports fine; Noodle updates it as it opens.
A backup made by a newer version can't be opened until you update the app.
If the file isn't a Noodle backup, Noodle says That file isn't a Noodle Assistant backup and changes nothing.
Before any update to how your library is stored, Noodle also makes its own safety copy. You'll find recent ones under Safety copies in Backup & storage.