Backup & Migration Beginner 3 minutes

Import and Export rclone Configurations

Safely backup all your connected storages into an encrypted archive with native rclone encryption and restore it on any machine in one click.

Step-by-step walkthrough:

Navigate to "rclone configuration" in Settings

Open Preferences by clicking the gear icon at the bottom of the left sidebar. Scroll down to the "rclone configuration" card. This section houses the "Import configuration" and "Export configuration" controls, along with the bundled rclone runtime status.

Ultra Explorer maintains an isolated configuration runtime to protect your system. If you already have an rclone.conf from the CLI (e.g. ~/.config/rclone/rclone.conf), click "Import configuration" to load it with full pre-flight review.

rclone configuration section in Ultra Explorer Settings.

Trigger export and define a strong encryption password

Click "Export configuration". An export modal opens. To ensure strict data sovereignty, your credentials and cloud tokens are encrypted with native rclone algorithms. Provide a master password of at least 12 characters (up to 1,024 UTF-8 bytes) or click "Generate password" for an unbreakable random key.

Use the "Copy" button to instantly copy your generated encryption password into your clipboard.

Encrypted configuration export dialog with password generator and copy helper.

Save the encrypted file and store the password

Click the green "Export configuration" button and pick a secure folder on your disk or backup drive. Crucial note: Save your password in your password manager (Bitwarden, 1Password, etc.). Ultra Explorer does not store master keys and cannot recover them if lost.

The exported archive follows standard rclone encryption, ensuring complete interoperability with CLI rclone environments.

Import configuration on a new device with pre-flight preview

On your new device or after reinstalling, open Settings > rclone configuration and click "Import configuration". Click "Choose File" and select your exported configuration file. Ultra Explorer immediately analyzes the file and reveals an inventory comparison: visible storages before versus after replacement, along with the full list of detected remotes (Google Drive, OneDrive, S3, SMB, etc.).

Importing replaces remote definitions in the app but will never delete any files stored on your remote providers.

Pre-flight storage comparison and remote inventory preview before replacement.

Confirm replacement and access your storages immediately

Verify the storage list and click the green "Replace current configuration" button. All your remotes are immediately loaded into Ultra Explorer and ready for use in the Dual-Pane Explorer without an app restart. If you have saved synchronization jobs, re-open them to validate routes before reenabling schedules.

If you had local folder storages with absolute paths tied to the old machine, simply update their target directory in the Storage Manager.

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