Have your documents automatically uploaded to Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive or WebDAV for safekeeping while you're working in Goodnotes.
Auto Backup is best used with iCloud sync to protect your notes so that you can always find them in the Auto Backup folder in case something destructive occurs to your local library.
Please note this feature isn't currently available in Goodnotes for macOS; please use iCloud sync instead to keep your documents synced across devices.
How it works
Auto Backup is a one-way process, and so it doesn't sync your changes across your devices as iCloud does. Changes you make in the cloud storage won't affect your library.
| If you do this in the app: | Auto Backup will do this: |
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Upload the document, folder, or recovered item to the cloud storage |
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Update the remote copy of the document/folder |
| Move a document/folder | Update the remote folder structure |
| Modify the custom outline of a document | Nothing |
| Favorite or unfavorite a page/document | Nothing |
| Delete a document or folder | Nothing |
Set up Auto Backup
- Tap the ⚙️ icon in the top-right corner of the Library view > Cloud & Backup > Automatic Backup, and enable Auto Backup.
- Choose a cloud storage and sign in to it.
- Change other Auto Backup settings if needed, and tap Done.
Once you've enabled the feature for the first time, please keep the app visible on the screen until Auto Backup finishes uploading your entire library. After that, only changed documents get backed up. You can see the Auto Backup status by tapping the small icon under the Documents heading.
How to choose the destination folder
By default, the destination folder of the backup will be called “Goodnotes”. If you want to back up to a different folder, just type in the name of the folder into the field in the Auto Backup settings. If no folder with that name exists yet, the app will create one. If you want to back up to a subfolder of a folder, type in the path and separate the folders and subfolders using a slash (“/”). For example: Goodnotes/backup… (Don't use "/" at the end of the path.)
Note to Dropbox users: For minimal access to your Dropbox account, the Auto Backup folder is set to be in <Dropbox root>/Apps/Goodnotes 6 and there isn't a way to set a backup folder anywhere outside this structure, for example in the root.
Note to Google Drive users: The Auto Backup folder in Google Drive will only save to your base-level Google Drive folder and a custom destination folder is not possible to set at this time.
Note for WebDAV users: If the folder used for Auto Backup on the WebDAV server is accessible to multiple users, ensure that no other user has selected the same folder for Auto Backup. For information on how to add WebDAV to your organisation, please see this article.
For more information related to the Auto-Backup feature, please see our helpful FAQs.