Save, load, print and reset your data

Recipes, updated 7 October 2026

You back up your plan, move it, print it, or clear it.

On this page

  1. Keep your plan in Dropbox
  2. Download a save file, and load it back
  3. Export your plan to your calendar
  4. Print your plan, or save it as a PDF
  5. Reset all your data
  6. Turn on the daily backup reminder

Keep your plan in Dropbox

You want your plan in your Dropbox, with no file to move.

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  1. 1

    Open Settings, then Your data

    Find the Dropbox card

    The Dropbox card on the phone
    Phone: the Dropbox card
    The Dropbox card on a computer
    Desktop: the Dropbox card
  2. 2

    Look under that card

    Tap Connect Dropbox

    Dropbox asks you to sign in and to allow the app its own folder.

  3. 3

    Open the same card on your other device

    Tap Connect Dropbox there

    An empty device brings the plan in by itself. A device with its own plan shows the card A newer plan is in your Dropbox. Use the Dropbox plan keeps the Dropbox plan. Keep this device's plan keeps the plan on this device. The plan you do not keep goes into your Dropbox folder first.

What follows

  • Your plan goes into a folder in your Dropbox after each change, and no other app can see it.
  • When the app cannot reach Dropbox, it keeps your plan in this browser and tries again by itself.
  • Open Settings, then Your data: the Dropbox card lists the dated copies, each with Restore.
  • When two devices changed the plan, nothing goes up until you pick the plan to keep.

Download a save file, and load it back

You want a save file of your plan, or you want it on another device.

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  1. 1

    Open the Your data tab in Settings

    Tap Save

    The file goes to your device.

    The save file card on the phone
    Phone: the save file card
  2. 2

    Open that tab on the other device

    Tap Load

    Your file picker opens.

    The load button on the phone
    Phone: the load button
  3. 3

    Open the save file card on a computer

    Tap Save or Load

    The save file card on a computer
    Desktop: the card on a computer
  4. 4

    Look in the file picker

    Choose your .save file

    Confirm load opens, with a warning that this replaces everything.

  5. 5

    Look in Confirm load

    Tap Save first, or go straight to Replace my data

    Cancel backs out with nothing changed.

What follows

  • A file you load replaces the plan you have, and there is no merge.
  • A file from a newer version of the app does not load until you reload the page online.
  • You can undo in the same tab with Ctrl+Z, and after that only another save file helps.

Export your plan to your calendar

You want your reflection and check-in times in your calendar app.

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  1. 1

    Open Settings, then Reminders

    Tap Reminder calendar

    The wizard opens on its first step.

    Reminder calendar in Settings on the phone
    Phone: Reminder calendar
    Reminder calendar in Settings on a computer
    Desktop: Reminder calendar
  2. 2

    Look at the first step

    Tap Get started to begin

    The wizard moves into Cadence, starting on Daily.

  3. 3

    In the wizard, open Cadence

    Turn it on or off, and set its time or day

  4. 4

    In the wizard, open Settings

    Set the calendar's name and how far ahead it runs

  5. 5

    Look at the last step

    Tap Download calendar file

    The file downloads with a short import note.

What follows

  • A new schedule means opening Reminder calendar again and importing a new file.
  • A habit gets its own reminder once you have named it in Habits.

Reset all your data

You want to start over, and you want to know what that erases.

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  1. 1

    Open Settings, then Reset all data under Your data

    Tick I understand these actions are permanent

    The tick box on the phone
    Phone: the tick box
  2. 2

    Open that section on a computer

    Tick that box

    The reset button is ready.

    The tick box on a computer
    Desktop: the tick box
  3. 3

    Look next to that box

    Tap Reset all data

    The Reset all data? window opens.

    The reset window on the phone
    Phone: the window
    The reset window on a computer
    Desktop: the window
  4. 4

    Look in that window

    Read the list of what a reset erases, and tap Save first

  5. 5

    Look at the type-to-confirm field

    Type reset

  6. 6

    Look at Reset all data

    Tap it once the word matches

    This also signs this device out of Dropbox. Your files in Dropbox stay. To delete them, delete the folder Apps/Goals & Progress Life Goals App/ in your Dropbox.

What follows

  • You cannot undo this after you close the tab; Ctrl+Z lasts only until then.
  • Keep my data closes the window with nothing changed, at any point before the reset.

Turn on the daily backup reminder

You want a nudge to download a save file, instead of remembering.

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    Open Settings, then Your data

    Turn on Remind me to download it

    The reminder switch on the phone
    Phone: the reminder switch
  2. 2

    Open that tab on a computer

    Turn the switch on there too

    The reminder switch on a computer
    Desktop: the reminder switch

What follows

  • The reminder shows on your first change of the day, and one tap makes the file.
  • After 7 days with no save file, a card shows Save and Remind me in 3 days.