Backup

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As with anything where you spend a lot of time setting it up, it's always a good idea to do periodic backups of your XBMC settings and library. This is especially true if you are thinking of running a development build such as a nightly, monthly, or beta. There are various ways to backup XBMC's settings, the easiest simply being to make a copy of your userdata folder, but this page will attempt to consolidate the different methods and explain them.

What settings XBMC uses and where are they stored

Backup add-on

The community XBMC Backup add-on is a great way to backup all of your Kodi settings, add-ons, and other related files. It includes options such as automatic scheduled backups, backing up to cloud storage such as Dropbox, and configuring custom backup directories.

Manual backup

Editor note: This section needs to be expanded on, but in a nutshell: make a copy of your userdata folder and the parent "XBMC" folder (soon to be the "Kodi" folder as of v14).

Backing up the video library

HOW-TO:Backup the library

Watch status only

These add-ons can be used to backup or even sync your watched status for videos in your library:

System backups, RAID, and other generally good ideas