World Backup Day 2026: All the news, updates and advice from our experts

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Welcome to our live coverage of World Backup Day 2026 - here we will be sharing all the biggest news, deals, and advice to help keep your data safe for another year!

Keeping your important files and precious memories backed-up securely using a backup strategy might sound like overkill, but if your drive fails or your data is encrypted by a malicious program, you'll be kicking yourself for not backing up sooner.

  • advice from our experts to make sure your data is protected
  • horror tales from our team and elsewhere to remind you of what can happen
  • exclusive deals from our backup partners to keep your data safe
  • backup content from our extensive archive
  • data backup stories around the world
  • And much more!
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What is World Backup Day anyway?

The World Backup Day Pledge

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From somewhere in it's history, World Backup Day developed a semi-official pledge: “I solemnly swear to backup my important documents and precious memories on March 31st. #WorldBackupDay”.

It isn't legally binding, of course. Which is a shame because the world would be a much better place for both to consumers and businesses and large enterprises. Like an oath of office, Chief Data Officers should make it a yearly tradition.

How big is World Backup Day?

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Year after year, Google Trends has shown a big spike for World Backup Day since it launched - always towards the end of March - but the run up to World Backup Day 2026 appears to have seen significantly more interest that usual.

Maybe some of the significant data breaches, ransomware attacks, and infostealing malware campaigns of 2025 have prompted people to pay more attention to their data.

"Everything — and I mean EVERYTHING — you need to keep your data safe from loss and disaster"

World Backup Day

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Ahead of World Backup Day, our tech expert Wayne Williams has compiled everything - and he means EVERYTHING - you need to keep your data safe, from internal SSDs to desktop NAS.

Check out his article here.

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