Backup / Restoring Password Database

Before any changes are made to Password Database, a backup copy is automatically created. The path of the reserve copy is set by default, but you can change it. It is useful to restore passwords in the following cases:

  • if the most recent changes need to be cancelled;
  • if the Password Database was overwritten or deleted;
  • if the current Password Database is inaccessible / damaged after a hardware or system failure.

All data in the backup copy is stored in encrypted form. Kaspersky Password Manager registers all changes in the Password Database. In the application, backup copies are displayed in a list and sorted according to date, beginning with the most recent. For each backup copy, the following data is provided:

  • location;
  • date and time of creation;
  • changes made relative to the previous version.

You can use backup copies to solve the following tasks:

  • restoring the Password Database from a backup copy;
  • deleting obsolete versions of backup copies;
  • change the location of backup copies.

To restore the Password Database, please do the following:

  1. Open the main application window.
  2. In the bottom part of the window, click the Kaspersky Password Manager button.
  3. In the Kaspersky Password Manager window that opens, click the Password Database button.
  4. In the bottom part of the window, click the Restore database link.
  5. In the Restore window that opens, select the date of a backup copy from the list, and in the top part of the window click Restore.
  6. In the window, confirm the restoration by clicking OK.

To remove unnecessary backup copies, please do the following:

  1. Open the main application window.
  2. In the bottom part of the window, click the Kaspersky Password Manager button.
  3. In the Kaspersky Password Manager window that opens, click the Password Database button.
  4. In the bottom part of the window, click the Restore database link.
  5. In the Restore window that will open, in the list of backup copies, select the versions of backup copies to delete. To select several versions, hold the CTRL key.
  6. Click Delete.
  7. In the window that opens, confirm data deletion by clicking OK.

Backup / Restoring Password Database