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Emergency kit: update steps to reflect current software (home-assistant#37280)
* Emergency kit: update steps to reflect current software * Update source/more-info/backup-emergency-kit.markdown Co-authored-by: Joost Lekkerkerker <joostlek@outlook.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Joost Lekkerkerker <joostlek@outlook.com>
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title: Restoring a backup
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[Backups](/common-tasks/general/#backups) are encrypted (using [AES-128](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard)). The backup emergency kit contains information needed to [restore the backup](/common-tasks/general/#restoring-a-backup), such as the encryption key and metadata about the related backup.
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[Backups](/common-tasks/general/#backups) stored on Home Assistant Cloud are always encrypted using [AES-128](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard). For backups stored on other [backup locations](/common-tasks/general/#defining-backup-locations), you can choose whether or not to encrypt the backup. The backup emergency kit contains information needed to [restore the backup](/common-tasks/general/#restoring-a-backup), such as the encryption key and metadata about the related backup.
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## What is encryption, and why are backups encrypted?
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![Screenshot showing the encryption key in the download dialog for the backup emergency kit](/images/more-info/backup_emergency_kit_01.png)
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3. Store the kit somewhere safe, outside the Home Assistant system.
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- Without the encryption key, there is no way to [restore the backup](/common-tasks/general/#restoring-a-backup).
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- Without the encryption key, there is no way to [restore an encrypted backup](/common-tasks/general/#restoring-a-backup).
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## Changing your encryption key
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