Where Does Ente Auth Store Codes and Backups?
Where Ente Auth keeps its encrypted cloud backups of 2FA codes, plus how offline mobile exports work.
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Ente Auth stores live codes in app private storage and syncs end to end encrypted copies to the Ente cloud. Offline survival comes from exported backup files, encrypted with your password.
The recovery key is the actual data location that matters: a 24 word phrase that decrypts everything, stored nowhere but your own records. Lose the key and the cloud backup is decorative. Export plus key on paper beats every folder hunt. Test restores on a spare device yearly. Pick one home per code.
Where Ente Auth stores this, by platform
App-private storage (cloud sync + exports)
Live codes in private internal storage (root only). Encrypted exports go wherever you save them; keep copies off device. The recovery key phrase is the real backup and belongs offline.
Sandboxed storage (cloud sync + exports)
Same sandboxed model as Android with iCloud independent sync through Ente. Offline exports work identically. Reinstalls restore from cloud login plus recovery key, never from local leftovers.
Frequently asked questions
how do i move ente auth to a new phone
Log into the new install with the same account and recovery key; codes decrypt from the Ente cloud automatically. Without the recovery key the cloud copy is unreadable, so store that 24 word phrase offline first. The key never leaves your devices otherwise.
does ente auth support offline backups
Yes through Settings > Data > Export (encrypted or plain folders of JSON). Keep encrypted exports off device like any backup. Plain exports defeat the purpose, so prefer encrypted plus a safe key copy.
can i copy the ente auth vault file directly
No. Live codes sit in app private storage, unreachable without root. Only cloud sync and exported files are portable, which is why first sync should happen at install time. A lost phone without sync means re enrolling everywhere.
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