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How to Backup and Restore Data in NoxPlayer

Here are the steps on how to backup and restore data in NoxPlayer. Nox App Player is one of the popular Android emulators on computers that helps people experience Android apps and games. In particular, backup and restoring data is a very lovely feature or useful. This feature will help you to reinstall Nox without losing the data contained in it. This article will guide you on how to back up and restore data on NoxPlayer in simple ways.

NoxPlayer Android emulator is one of the best activities in development emulators, it receives regular updates, and many times we have to upgrade to the latest version for better stability. Hence it is necessary to back up and restore data from earlier versions of the emulator. Hence NoxPlayer provides a Backup and Restore feature which is very useful. The backup and restore daat feature was introduced in NoxPlayer 2.5.1 and higher versions. It is very useful when you wish to reinstall Nox without losing your data.

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Backup and Restore Data in NoxPlayer

First of all, to back up data, we do the following.
Start the NoxPlayer emulator, and click on the settings icon in the upper right corner.

Nox App Player

In the Backup & Import section, choose Data Backup.

Backup and restore data in NoxPlayer

The notification will turn off the emulator to perform a Backup, choose to Continue to backup.

Nox Player continue to backup

Choose a location where you want to save Nox Player backup, name the backup file, and then click save.

Save-Bignox-data

Nox Player data backup is in process.

Nox data backup in process

After completing the backup data, a message will appear (successful data backup). Choose Restart Now to restart the emulator immediately.

Data backup success bignox reminder

How to Restore Data Nox Player

Now the process of restoring backed-up data on NoxPlayer. Follow the steps below.
In the Nox Player Settings window, Click on Data import instead of selecting Backup.

Backup and restore data in Nox Player

Browse Nox Player saved data and then click open.

Save Nox Player data backup

A warning message prompts you to turn off the Nox emulator to restore data and choose to Continue to Import.

Nox player data continue to import

Wait for a while for the data restore to take place, it will take a little longer than the backup.

Nox emulator data importing

Once done, the emulator will restart and you have successfully completed the data recovery process from NoxPlayer. Choose restart now

Nox data import success restart

NOx Player multi-drive manager restored Nox Player data.

Multi-Drive manager Bignox

Backup and Restore Data on NoxPlayer via Mutil-Drive

Follow the steps below to back up and restore data on Nox Player.
Launch the multi-user management by double-clicking the Multi-drive icon on the device or the MultiPlayer button from the menu bar next to Nox.

The backup and restore data feature in Nox Player is very useful when you wish to reinstall NoxPlayer without losing your data. For example. If you are using a guest account to log in to the game, please make sure that you import/ back up the data before you clean up disk space. Or else, all data will be not restored.
In the MultiPlayer window, you will see Nox, Nox 1 … Click on the Backup/Restore button of the case you wish to back up and select Backup. The backed-up file will be saved as a vmdk file.

Note: The Backup / Restore button is only available when the Nox Player is not working.

Backup data Nox Player

Choose a folder where you want to save Nox Player data backup and then click save.

Save Nox Player data backup

Nox App Player data is backing up.

Bignox data backing up

NoxPlayer emulator data backup is succeeded, click close.

Nox Player data success reminder

You can select to create a new instance in the existing NoxPlayer or in a newly installed Nox. You open the backup data file containing the data you wish to restore by clicking Add emulator.

Multi-Drive Manager Nox

Select the backup data file and then click open.

Browse Nox Player data backup

Choose the Backup / Restore button and then select Restore.

Nox Player data importing

So the backup and restore data on Nox is completed with just a few simple clicks. Hopefully, the above steps have brought useful information to you.

Nox Player data import success

Multi-Drive Manager Nox Player.

Multi-Drive Manager restored data

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