---
id: backups.how-do-i-back-up-storage-studios-settings-now
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/backups/how-do-i-back-up-storage-studios-settings-now
category: "Backups & restore points"
subcategory: "Storage Studio's own settings backup"
question: "Can I back up Storage Studio's settings right now instead of waiting?"
alt_questions:
  - "Backup now button settings"
  - "make a settings backup immediately"
  - "save app configuration now"
short_answer: "Yes. Click Backup now in Preferences → Advanced to back up Storage Studio's own settings and records immediately. It needs your external drive connected."
tags: ["settings", "self-backup"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/backups/does-storage-studio-back-up-its-own-settings"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Can I back up Storage Studio's settings right now instead of waiting?

Yes. In **Preferences → Advanced**, click **Backup now**. It makes a backup of Storage Studio's own settings and records immediately, shows a spinner while it works, and confirms when it's done — or tells you if the external drive isn't connected.

It's worth doing before you change a lot of Rules or settings at once.