# How do I back up my site? **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [August 10, 2021, 6:38am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-do-i-back-up-my-site/3296 "2021-08-10T06:38:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GinaAnn](https://discuss.write.as/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@GinaAnn](https://discuss.write.as/u/GinaAnn)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 6:38am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-do-i-back-up-my-site/3296/1 "2021-08-10T06:38:57Z")
Hi. How can I save the content on my write.as site? Thanks for any help! ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/matt/32/2760_2.png) [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-do-i-back-up-my-site/3296/2 "2021-08-10T21:25:44Z")
Hey @GinaAnn, the best way to do that is from your [Export page](https://write.as/me/export). You can reach it via that link or by going to Write.as, hovering over your username, and clicking the **Export** item. ---
**Author:** ![writedirt](https://discuss.write.as/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@writedirt](https://discuss.write.as/u/writedirt)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-do-i-back-up-my-site/3296/3 "2021-08-11T19:00:26Z")
Ah, thank you, Matt. Appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![writedirt](https://discuss.write.as/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@writedirt](https://discuss.write.as/u/writedirt)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-do-i-back-up-my-site/3296/4 "2021-08-11T21:04:49Z")
Matt, it seems like the “User + Blogs + Posts” option saves via the internet. Would I then save that to a file on my computer? And is either json or prettified more preferable for Mac, or for any other reason? Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![davepolaschek](https://discuss.write.as/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@davepolaschek](https://discuss.write.as/u/davepolaschek)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 11:44am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-do-i-back-up-my-site/3296/5 "2021-08-12T11:44:55Z")
Please note that hovering is nigh impossible when using a mouse-less device, such as a mobile phone. ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/matt/32/2760_2.png) [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-do-i-back-up-my-site/3296/6 "2021-08-12T13:45:08Z")
> [@writedirt](#): > > Matt, it seems like the “User + Blogs + Posts” option saves via the internet. Would I then save that to a file on my computer? Yes, you would then save that file to your computer if you want to use it. > [@writedirt](#): > > And is either json or prettified more preferable for Mac, or for any other reason? Thank you. The JSON / “prettified” JSON is mostly meant for people who need their posts in a format that’s more easily read by computers. If you’re just creating a backup, the normal “JSON” format should be fine for this. But in general, I’d recommend using the **TXT** option for backups – this gives you all of your posts as individual text files that you can easily open and use on your computer (including a Mac). ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/matt/32/2760_2.png) [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-do-i-back-up-my-site/3296/7 "2021-08-12T13:45:54Z")
Are you able to open that navigation menu by tapping on it on your mobile device? ---
**Author:** ![davepolaschek](https://discuss.write.as/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@davepolaschek](https://discuss.write.as/u/davepolaschek)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-do-i-back-up-my-site/3296/8 "2021-08-12T14:03:44Z")
It’s possible, but hard to discover, and clicking generally does the onClick() behavior. I don’t recall what that does for that particular item. I can generally figure out a way to do everything, it’s just that every single hover behavior adds friction for mobile devices, and there are not going to be _fewer_ mobile users in the future… ---
**Author:** ![writedirt](https://discuss.write.as/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@writedirt](https://discuss.write.as/u/writedirt)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-do-i-back-up-my-site/3296/9 "2021-08-13T00:17:43Z")
Thanks, Matt. I’m not on mobile, so I can’t offer any extra feedback. Just one other question. Do any of the formats save photos and/or text formatting? That might be a dumb question. I mostly only care about text, but just wondering. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![writedirt](https://discuss.write.as/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@writedirt](https://discuss.write.as/u/writedirt)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-do-i-back-up-my-site/3296/10 "2021-08-13T02:03:08Z")
Also, thanks for letting me know I would save from the internet to the computer. ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/matt/32/2760_2.png) [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-do-i-back-up-my-site/3296/11 "2021-08-16T18:50:46Z")
Great questions! You will always get the formatting exported, yes – in the form of Markdown if you’re using that. Otherwise if you’ve used HTML to format your posts, that will be exported. We don’t export photos right now though, unfortunately. But we should absolutely do that! I’ll put that on our roadmap. ---
**Author:** ![writedirt](https://discuss.write.as/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@writedirt](https://discuss.write.as/u/writedirt)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-do-i-back-up-my-site/3296/12 "2021-08-18T21:20:10Z")
Thank you, Matt! ---
**Author:** ![kxra](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/kxra/32/958_2.png) [@kxra](https://discuss.write.as/u/kxra)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-do-i-back-up-my-site/3296/13 "2023-09-18T23:35:47Z")
Idea for fully featured import/export (to include images and such too): > [@Blog export/import w/links conversion](https://discuss.write.as/t/blog-export-import-w-links-conversion/635/2): > > We need a .tar.xz export that includes all data for all Musing Studio products connected to the blog (photos from snap.as, discussions from remark.as, files from attach.as, submissions, etc.) in order to really have portability and simplify backups in case of catastrophic failure.