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title: "Use Aside on multiple devices"
description: "What Aside syncs between your computers, what stays on each device, and how to move to a new computer."
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# Use Aside on multiple devices

Signing in with the same account on two computers connects them to the same Aside account, but it does not copy everything between them. Use this page to see what travels with your account and what stays on each computer.

## What syncs between devices

| Data | Sync | Where to check |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bookmarks, browsing history, open tabs, tab groups, pinned tabs | Browser sync, on when you are signed in | `Settings > Account > Devices` |
| Aside Vault passwords | Vault sync, on when Password Manager is signed in | `Settings > Passwords` |

Browser sync is encrypted with a sync key that Aside keeps for your account. If New Tab shows `Browser sync needs attention`, see [Browser sync needs attention](/help/troubleshooting#browser-sync-needs-attention).

## What stays on each device

These live in the Aside folder on each computer (`~/.aside` on macOS, `%USERPROFILE%\.aside` on Windows) and do not sync:

- Chats and task history
- Memory, your custom skills, and agent instruction files (`AGENTS.md`, `SOUL.md`)
- Projects created in Aside
- Routines, their runs, and their outputs
- Working folders that tasks created or that you attached
- Settings, including agent permissions and model choices
- Context Awareness history (`Settings > Memory`)
- Website sign-in sessions. Sign in to each site again on the other computer, or let Aside Vault fill the credentials.

A task you started on one computer keeps running there. Opening Aside on another computer shows that computer's own chats, not the first one's.

## Cloud handoff

Cloud handoff is `Coming Soon`; a Pro subscription does not enable it. There is no generally available setup for cloud routines or signing in to websites in a cloud browser. The CLI lists local and enrolled remote devices, not cloud hosts.

There is no supported way yet to move a running local task, its chats, memory, or working folder to another computer or to the cloud. A paid plan does not keep local tasks or routines running after the computer sleeps or shuts down. Keep the computer awake, online, and running Aside for local routines and device-connected channels such as Telegram.

## Move to a new computer

Aside does not have a backup and restore feature for chats and task history yet, and copying the Aside folder to another computer is not supported. Parts of it are encrypted with keys tied to the computer's security hardware, so a copied folder does not open on new hardware.

What carries over on its own when you sign in on the new computer is the synced data in the table above. Before you retire the old computer, keep a copy of the Aside folder (`~/.aside` or `%USERPROFILE%\.aside`) from the old computer, taken while Aside is quit, in case a restore option is added later.

## Related

- [Troubleshoot Aside](/help/troubleshooting)
- [Use Password Manager](/help/password-manager)
- [Manage privacy](/help/privacy)