Create an encrypted local export
Keep the local bundle, matching key file and password together under your control.
1. Open Backup and create an encrypted local export. Enter and confirm a password of at least 12 characters. Read and acknowledge the recovery warning before preparing it.
2. Select Save encrypted bundle and choose a local folder on your device. Kavanah does not upload or retain the bundle or key file and provides no online storage or cloud backup.
3. Select Save key file separately. Save the matching .kjkey file somewhere safe, separate from the .kjbackup bundle, and preserve your password. Every newly prepared backup has its own key file; compare their reference identifiers.
4. Check that both files actually exist in the local locations you selected. If you canceled either picker, save that file again. Test the export before replacing a phone or clearing app data.
Even we cannot decrypt your bundle without BOTH the matching key file and password. We do not keep a recovery copy of either. A key file alone is not enough, and there is no password reset.
A local export captures the journal at the time it was prepared. Later edits are not automatically added. Kavanah never uploads or synchronizes it.