How to Backup and Restore the Registry in Windows 11 [Complete Guide]

This brief guide shows how to backup and restore the registry in Windows 11. If you are a beginner or a new user and want to backup and restore the registry in Windows 11 then this short tutorial is useful and handy for you.

Windows registry is a hierarchical database that stores all of Windows low level settings, including applications installed on your system that opt to use the registry . The kernel, device drivers, services, Security Accounts Manager, and user interfaces can all use the registry

Before making changes on the Windows Registry, it is always a good idea to backup Windows registry, so that there is always an option for restoration when something gone wrong.

In this tutorial, we are going to shows the different ways to backup and restore the Windows Registry. When you are ready, follow the steps below to do that.

Backup Windows Registry

We already mentioned above, before making any changes on the Windows Registry, it is always a good idea to backup Windows registry. You can use Windows registry export and import feature to back up the registry.

To do that, open the Start menu and search for Registry Editor. From search result, click on the Registry Editor app to open it as shown in the image below:

After open the Windows registry app, click on the File tab and then choose Export option as shown in the below image:

From the export pop-up window, choose the location in your Windows system, where you want to save the backup file and then type a file name for backup.

Next, choose the options under Export Range :

• All : choose it, when you want to backup the entire Windows registry.
• Selected Branch : choose it for selected branch only.

Finally, click on the Save button to save the registry in you system. It will take the some time to export the registry.

Restore Windows registry

To import the registry, open the Start menu and search for Registry Editor. From search result, click on the Registry Editor app to open it:

After open the Windows registry app, click on the File tab and then choose Import option as shown in the below image:

Now, browse the backup file from your system then select it and click on the Open button to import it as shown below:

That’s all

If you find any error and issue in above steps , please use comment box below to report.