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# Export a paper / QR backup
Print an encrypted QR you can restore from later.
Besides the paper with your words, the Vault can make an **encrypted QR backup** of one or more accounts. Printed and stored safely, it is a second way to restore, and it works for private-key accounts that have no secret phrase.
## What you need
* The Vault, unlocked.
* A **QR encryption password**: a new, strong password, different from your master password. You will need it again to restore.
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### Open Export and pick the accounts
Two doors: **Settings → Export to QR** (Backup group), where you read the **2-Step Security Process** box and tick the accounts under **Select Accounts to Export**, or an **account page → Export as encrypted QR**, which skips the selection with that account already chosen — and where **Done** brings you back to the account.
Then **Continue**, and your master password when asked.
Step 1: choose the accounts.
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### Create the QR encryption password
**Step 2: Create QR Encryption Password.** At least 14 characters with uppercase, digits and special characters, and **not** your master password (the Vault refuses the same one). Tap **Generate QR Codes**.
Step 2: the password that protects the printed QR.
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### View the QR codes
**QR Codes Generated!** Tap **View QR** to display each code. Every QR contains encrypted account data only; without the password it is useless.
An encrypted backup QR.
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### Print it
The Vault is offline, so it cannot print. The screen shows a **print hint**: open the page it names on an internet-connected device and scan the backup QR there to print it. Store the print somewhere safe and write down where.
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**Two passwords, on purpose.** The QR password protects the paper; the master password protects the Vault. Losing either alone is survivable. Keep the QR password somewhere separate from the print.
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## Learn more
* [Restore a QR backup](/vault/add-an-account/restore-a-qr-backup.md)
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