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Keep your data from being cleared

TimeRetain stores your time entries in your browser, on your device. To help protect that data from automatic browser cleanup, TimeRetain asks the browser for storage persistence permission.

When TimeRetain does not have that permission yet, a warning shows at the top of Data & Sync.

Here’s how to fix that warning in each browser.

Firefox

  • Open Data & Sync.
  • See the warning? Press Allow.
  • Firefox asks you directly. Grant it and you’re done.

Chrome and Edge

  • Open Data & Sync.
  • See the warning? Press Allow.
  • Chrome grants permission silently. Typically, the permission is granted when you’ve used TimeRetain recently and bookmarked it. If the warning stays visible, install TimeRetain as a web app so Chrome trusts the site.

Safari

  • Open Data & Sync.
  • See the warning? Press Allow.
  • Like Chrome, Safari decides silently using its own rules, so Allow may clear the warning or may not. Since Safari is strict—not using a site for 7 days may clear its data—it’s best to install TimeRetain instead: add it to the Home Screen on iPhone or iPad, or the Dock on a Mac, then open it from there. Installed apps are exempt from the 7-day cleanup.

Keep a backup anyway

Your TimeRetain data lives in your browser. Back it up like you would any important file:

  1. Backup regularly using the -button at the bottom of the page. On mobile, it’s in the menu.

  2. In addition — not instead of — backing up manually, you can turn on Sync to keep an encrypted copy on TimeRetain’s servers. Sync can restore your data: visit timeretain.com/link and enter your 24-word login key.