---
title: "Keep your data from being cleared"
url: "https://timeretain.com/help/keep-your-data"
description: "Why a browser can clear TimeRetain data, and how to keep it in Chrome, Firefox, and Safari."
---

# 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](/data-sync).

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

## Firefox

*   Open [Data & Sync](/data-sync).
*   See the warning? Press **Allow**.
*   Firefox asks you directly. Grant it and you’re done.

## Chrome and Edge

*   Open [Data & Sync](/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](https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/9658361) so Chrome trusts the site.

## Safari

*   Open [Data & Sync](/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](/data-sync) to keep an encrypted copy on TimeRetain’s servers. Sync can restore your data: visit [timeretain.com/link](/link) and enter your 24-word login key.