Backup Reminder

Windows Backup Checklist

Backup Reminder blue folder, checkmark, and clock artwork with a Windows App ribbon

A checklist and reminder for the backups you do yourself.

Backup Reminder brings your backup tasks together in one Windows desktop app. Open your tools, perform each backup, review the results, then check it off. Your progress is saved so you can pick up where you left off. Enable optional reminders to open your checklist on a monthly schedule or at a repeating interval.

Key Features:

  • Your Own Checklist: Add, edit, and arrange tasks and categories to match your backup routine, with clear saved states and confirmation before discarding unsaved edits.
  • Tools Within Reach: Launch configured programs, files, folders, or websites from your checklist. Choose custom icons that stay with your configuration.
  • Grouped Backup Jobs: Keep related tasks together with a shared launcher and individual checkmarks.
  • Saved Progress: Keep partial checkmarks between sessions, see when you checked each item, and record completion when every item is checked.
  • Optional Reminders: Choose a monthly or repeating schedule through Windows Task Scheduler, with a Windows or custom WAV reminder sound. Reminders open your checklist; you run the backups yourself.
  • Configuration Backup and Restore: Save your checklist, progress, custom icons, and sound in one ZIP. Restore preserves a recovery copy and leaves reminders off until you enable them again.
  • Light and Dark Appearance: Choose a theme or follow your Windows appearance setting.
  • Built-In Help: Search local help topics for guidance on using and configuring the app.

Portable Windows x64 app, tested on Windows 11. Scheduled reminders require you to be signed in. An installer and automatic updates are not included. Checking off a task records your confirmation rather than verifying the backup. Configuration backups contain app settings, not your documents or backup programs.

  • Platform: Windows PC
  • Release Date: October 2026
  • Last Updated: October 2026
  • Category: Backup Utility

Current release: 0.2.0 (opens in a new tab). Licensed under the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0.

To update, close Backup Reminder and replace the supplied files in the same app folder. Your personal data stays separate, and keeping the executable at the same path preserves your scheduled reminder.

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