How do I back up my company to my local drive.

Welcome to the Community, Wanessa.

I'd be glad to help you back up your company to your local drive.

In QuickBooks Online (QBO), you can only back up and restore your company if you're using a QBO Advanced plan. These are the data that you can't back up:

• QuickBooks Online Payments info
• Customer types and price rules
• Delayed credits and charges (although associated invoices are backed up)
• Recurring transactions
• Bank feeds and their links to transactions and bank rules
• Reconciliation reports
• Account-based billable expenses
• Item-based billable expenses with markup
• Custom reports
• Custom form templates
• Audit log entries

Moreover, when you turn on the Online Backup and Restore app, QuickBooks automatically backs up your data. Once it's complete, it'll track any changes made to your company data. Then you can restore a backup at any point in time. To turn on the Online Backup, here's how:

1. Go to Settings, Then select, Back up company.

Note: You might need to sign in to your Intuit account, and then select Authorize to proceed.

For more detailed information and how to manually create a backup, refer to this article: Back up and restore your QBO Advanced Company.

However, if you're using QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT) you can manually backup your company files to your local drive. Here's how:

1. Go to the File menu and select Switch to Single-user Mode.
2. Go to the File menu again and hover over Back up Company. Then select Create Local Backup.
3. In the window, select Local Backup and then Next.
4. In the Local Backup Only section, select Browse and select where you want to save your backup company file.
5. When you're ready, select OK.
6. Select Save it Now and Next.

For more information, check this article: Backup your QBDT company file.

I'll also add these articles to guide you on how to restore a backup of your company file and how to run financial reports.

•  Restore a backup in QBDT.
• Run reports.

Let me know if you have additional concerns about how to back up your company data. I'll be here to assist you.