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TripsMapped

How to Back Up and Move Your Travel Map

Updated November 10, 2026

Your TripsMapped map is saved in the browser on your device, not on a server. To protect it or move it, open Save and share, choose Save backup file, keep the file somewhere safe, and use Load backup file on the other device.

Where the map lives

The site stores your map in IndexedDB, a storage area that every modern browser gives each website. It belongs to one browser on one device: your map in Chrome on a laptop is not visible in Safari on your phone, and it is not visible to us.

What can delete it

  • Clearing browsing data or site data in the browser settings.
  • Private or incognito windows, which throw storage away when closed.
  • Uninstalling the browser or resetting the device.
  • Safari can remove a site's stored data after seven days without a visit to the site. Adding the site to the Home Screen avoids this.
  • Very low disk space, when a browser may evict data from sites it considers unimportant.

Save a backup

  1. Open the Save and share tab under the map.
  2. Choose Save backup file. A file named tripsmapped-backup with the date is downloaded.
  3. Put the file where you keep things you do not want to lose: a cloud drive, an email to yourself, a USB stick.
  4. Save a new backup after you add a trip. Old backups stay valid.

Move to another device

  1. Get the backup file onto the new device.
  2. Open the site there, go to Save and share and choose Load backup file.
  3. The backup is added to whatever is already on that device. Countries are combined and trips that are already present are not duplicated.

What is inside the file

The backup is a plain text file in JSON format. It lists your countries with their status and years, your trips with their stops, dates and notes, and your settings. You can open it in any text editor. Because it contains your whole travel history, share it only with people you would tell that history to.

Backup file or share link?

A share link is for showing someone your map. It contains countries, stops and dates but leaves out notes, and it becomes very long for large maps. A backup file is for keeping and moving your own data, and it contains everything.

Try it on your own map

Questions and answers

I cleared my browser data. Can you restore my map?
No. The map was never sent to a server, so there is no copy to restore. A backup file is the only way to get it back.
Does the map sync between my phone and laptop?
Not automatically. Syncing needs an account and a server, which this site does not have. Move a backup file to bring another device up to date.
Will loading a backup overwrite my current map?
No. Loading adds to the current map. To replace it instead, use Delete my map first and then load the backup.

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