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Back up and restore your menu

Each backup keeps the full set of menu items, settings and design at the moment you save. So you can experiment freely. If you make a mistake, restore an older copy at any time.

When should you back up?

  • Before you use AI to redesign your menu or translate your menu.
  • Before you import a menu from a file or edit many menu items at once.
  • Before a big sale that requires changing many links, labels and colors at once.
  • Right after you finish a menu you like and want to keep it as your original.

Save a backup to the cloud

This saves the copy in your Navi+ account. It’s available on the Business plan and above. If you’re on the Starter plan, see how to download the menu to your computer below.

  1. Open the menu you want to back up. At the bottom of the left step bar, click ⋯ More, then choose Backup / Restore.

    Backup / Restore is in the ⋯ More menu at the bottom of the step bar in the menu editor

  2. Switch to the Cloud tab.

  3. Type a few words to remind you in the Description box, up to 50 characters, for example before sale. With this note, you’ll recognize the right copy when you need to restore it.

  4. Click Backup now. The new backup appears right away in the list below.

A few rules about cloud storage you should know:

  • Each menu can keep up to 5 copies. When all 5 slots are full, click the trash icon to delete an old copy before you can save a new one.
  • Each copy is kept for 30 days, then it’s automatically removed from the list.
  • Backups are kept separately for each menu, not combined for the whole store.

Download a menu to your computer and import it from a file

This saves the menu as a file on your computer. It works on any plan, and you can keep the file as long as you like.

  1. Click ⋯ More at the bottom of the left step bar > Backup / Restore, and choose the Offline tab.

  2. Click Export JSON (no encryption) to download a plain text file, or Export NPX (encrypted) to download an encrypted file.

  3. Save the downloaded file to a safe folder on your computer.

When you need to put the menu back from a file, open the Offline tab, drag the .npx or .json file into the box Choose a file or drag & drop here, then click Import menu. The app only accepts files 5 MB or smaller.

Caution

Importing a file will replace the menu open in the editor. Navi+ only keeps the changes when you click Save. Check the preview first, and if you're not happy with it, leave without saving.

Restore an older copy

  1. Open ⋯ More > Backup / Restore, then choose the Cloud tab.

  2. Check the creation date and the note in the list to find the right copy you want back, then click Restore.

  3. Check the menu in the preview. When you’re happy with it, click Save at the top to apply it.

The Restore button only loads the older copy into the editor so you can preview it. It isn’t pushed to your live store until you click Save. If you’re not happy with what you see, just close the page, and the menu on your store stays as it is. However, any unsaved work you have on screen will be overwritten by the restored copy. If you want to keep work in progress, create a new backup before you click Restore.

Copy a menu to another menu

Depending on what you want to do, pick one of these three ways:

What you want to do How to do it
Make another identical copy in the same store In the menu list, click the ⋮ button on that menu’s row, then choose Clone to new menu. The app creates a new menu right away with a > at the start of its name, and opens its editor for you. Remember to check the Publish column of the new menu before shoppers see it.
Copy to an existing menu or to another store Download the source menu’s backup file to your computer, or click the ⋮ button on a menu’s row in the list and choose Export/Import menu for backup. Then open the target menu, go to the Offline tab and import the file. This also works between two different accounts.
Copy only a few menu items Open the source menu and the target menu in two browser tabs. In the source menu tab, select the menu items to copy, then click Copy. Switch to the target menu tab, select the exact spot where you want them, then click Paste. Copy one branch at a time so you don’t miss anything.

For example, say you’ve finished a Mobile Menu you like and want to reuse it for a second store. Just download that menu as a file, create a new menu in the other store, import the file, then update the links and colors to suit the new store.

Note

When you copy between stores, the old store's links are copied too. Open each important link again to fix it. See Link a menu item.

Other platforms

The steps above are for Shopify — the default way.

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