---
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 is what to do in each browser.

## Firefox

-   Open [Data & Sync](/data-sync).
-   If you see the warning, select **Allow** or **Try Again** to request permission.
-   If Firefox asks for permission, select **Allow**. The TimeRetain warning disappears when permission is granted.

## Chrome and Edge

-   Open [Data & Sync](/data-sync).
-   If you see the warning, select **Allow** or **Try Again** to request permission.
-   Chrome and Edge decide without showing a prompt. If the warning remains, you can [install TimeRetain as a web app](https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/9658361) for easier access. Installation does not guarantee persistent storage.

## Safari

-   Open [Data & Sync](/data-sync).
-   If you see the warning, select **Allow** or **Try Again** to request permission.
-   Safari also decides without showing a prompt. The warning can remain visible. [Safari can clear local data](https://webkit.org/blog/14403/updates-to-storage-policy) from sites you have not used in a while. Keep regular backups even if the warning disappears.

## Keep a backup anyway

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

1.  Open the menu and select **Back up now** to back up your data regularly.
    
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.