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Saving and restoring the FRITZ!Box phone book

The FRITZ!Box user interface allows you to save your phone book. Then you can always use the backup to restore your phone book, which means you are protected against data loss. The phone book can also be transferred from one FRITZ!Box to another, for example if you switch to a different FRITZ!Box model.

Note:All instructions on configuration and settings given in this guide refer to the latest FRITZ!OS for the FRITZ!Box.

1 Saving the phone book

  1. Click on 'Telephony' in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. Click on 'Phone Book' ('Telephone Book') in the 'Telephony' menu.
  3. Click on the 'Save' button and save the phone book as an XML file on your computer.

    Important:If the browser blocks the file download, click on 'Keep' in Microsoft Edge and Chrome.

2 Restoring the phone book

  1. Click on 'Telephony' in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. Click on 'Phone Book' ('Telephone Book') in the 'Telephony' menu.
  3. Click on the 'Restore' button. When you restore, all of the existing phone book entries are overwritten.
  4. Click on the 'Browse...' or 'Choose File' button and select the file (*.XML) with the phone book you saved.
  5. Click on the 'Restore Phone Book' ('Restore Telephone Book') button.