Source
Files, formats & portability — found from sitemap — Balsamiq
Checked for Balsamiq on 3 Nov 2026
- Page
- https://balsamiq.com/support/account-management/desktop/backups/
- Checked
- 3 Nov 2026, 15:18 UTC
- How we may use it
- Public page, crawling permitted
Technical details
- type
- page
- http status
- 200
- content hash
- sha256:a56ec8e7741b37509b516df614eafe1628162955a998498084a807aae5288d1f
- permission
- robots_ok
- screenshot
- Screenshot on file (internal exhibit, not published)
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Facts read from this source
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Automatic backup Report an error
“Balsamiq for Desktop automatically backs up every local file you open, and automatically saves every change you make to those files.”
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Support folder locations Report an error
“macOS: <your user>/Library/Application Support/Balsamiq Windows: <user folder>\AppData\Roaming\Balsamiq\Balsamiq Wireframes\”
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Localfiles folder Report an error
“The LocalFiles Folder: The LocalFiles folder is for projects that you have saved at least once. We keep projects in this folder for about a week before deleting them.”
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Unsavedfiles folder Report an error
“The UnsavedFiles Folder: The UnsavedFiles folder is for projects that you haven't had a chance to save yet, but have been working on.”
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Backup retention Report an error
“These backups are stored for (around) seven days, and should automatically load in case of a corrupted project file.”
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Restore procedure Report an error
“Select all .BMPR files in LocalFiles and copy them. Next, navigate to a temporary folder/directory on your hard disk and paste the files you copied.”
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File format Report an error
“Select all .BMPR files in LocalFiles and copy them.”
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Backup filenames Report an error
“The project files will have long, randomized names which we use internally to ensure the names are unique.”
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Do not move files Report an error
“We do not recommend moving files out of the Support Folder. If you want to move a backed-up file to another folder, we always recommend copying the file (CTRL/CMD+C), and then pasting it to the destination (CTRL/CMD+V).”
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GDPR SOC 2 Report an error
“GDPR COMPLIANT SOC2 COMPLIANT”
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