Rewind Backups for monday.com provides a reliable and comprehensive solution for protecting your critical workspace data. This integration enables automated daily backups, on-demand snapshots, and flexible restores, ensuring your data is safe, accessible, and recoverable in the event of accidental deletion, errors, or other unexpected events.
Covered in this article:
Getting Started
Installation
We recommend installing Rewind using a dedicated, admin-level service account that has full access to all Workspaces. This ensures that Rewind can perform consistent, complete backups across your monday.com environment.
When prompted during setup, choose “All Workspaces” to make future restores as smooth as possible. While it's technically possible to select only specific Workspaces, doing so may complicate the restore process later.
Once installed, your first backup begins automatically. The duration will vary depending on the size of your monday.com account — anywhere from a few minutes to several hours.
How to install Rewind Backups for monday.com →
Managing settings in the full Rewind web app
If you need to manage settings beyond what's available in the embedded app—such as reviewing audit logs, updating subscription or billing details, or managing other backups linked to your Rewind account—you can access these features through the full Rewind web app. This version of the app opens in a separate browser tab and offers a complete view of your backup environment.
How to Access the Full Rewind Web App from monday.com →
Inviting additional users to Rewind
When you invite additional users to your Rewind account, they will have access to all data captured in your backup. This includes private boards and items accessible to the admin or user who initially linked Rewind with monday.com, even if the newly invited users don’t normally have permission to view that content within monday.com.
For example, if an admin links Rewind and has access to another user’s private board, any new user invited to Rewind will also be able to see that private board—even if they can’t access it directly on monday.com.
Guide to User Roles and Permissions in Rewind (Role-Based Access Control) →
How to invite additional members to your Rewind Organization →
Supported Backup and Restore Functionality
Below is a detailed overview of supported backup, restore, and export capabilities for monday.com items:
| Item Type | Backed up | Restore | Exportable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workspaces | Yes |
Yes (Advanced only) |
Yes |
| Users | Yes | No | Yes |
| Teams | Yes | No | Yes |
| Boards | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Groups | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Items | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sub-items | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Updates (Comments) | No | No | No |
| Folders | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Column Data | |||
| Item_id | Yes | No | Yes |
| Creation_log | Yes | No | Yes |
| Long_text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Timeline | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dependency | Yes | No | Yes |
| Last_updated | Yes | No | Yes |
| Formula | Yes | No | Yes |
| Time_tracking | Yes | No | Yes |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Phone | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Link | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Location | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Checkbox | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rating | Yes | Partial* | Yes |
| Country | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tags | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| File | Yes | Yes | Partial* |
| Doc | Partial* | Partial* | Partial* |
| Mirror | Yes | No | Yes |
| Board_relation | Yes | No | Yes |
| Hour | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Vote | Yes | No | Yes |
| Week | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Color_picker | Yes | No | Yes |
| World_clock | Yes | No | Yes |
| Button | Yes | Partial* | Yes |
| Date | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dropdown | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Name | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Numbers | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| People | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Status (Priority, Label) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Auto-number | Yes | No | Yes |
| Progress | Yes | No | Yes |
"Partial" limitations:
- *Rating column restores: Column customization options (hearts/stars) aren't restored fully if a new column must be created. Data itself remains recoverable.
- *Files, Docs: Currently only JSON payloads including CDN links are backed up. Full support coming soon.
- *Button Column: Restored without associated automations.
- *Workspace: Restorable only through a full advanced point-in-time restore.
Restoring Your Data
Rewind allows you to perform item-level restores at the board level, bring back groups, columns, items, and sub-items. Workspace-level restoration requires an advanced restore, which is a point in time full monday.com restore. For detailed steps on how to perform restores, please visit our articles:
How to Perform a Single Item Restore in monday.com →
How to Perform an Advanced Restore in monday.com →
FAQ
Have questions about how Rewind works with monday.com? We’ve got you covered. Our FAQ article answers common questions about coverage, access, backups, restores, and permissions. It’s a great starting point if you're setting things up or want to better understand how your data is handled.
Review our full FAQ for monday.com →
Troubleshooting
If something doesn’t seem right with your backups or restores, Rewind offers tools to help you identify and resolve issues—no guesswork required.
Reconnect your monday.com account – If your backups have stopped or your integration becomes disconnected, you may need to relink Rewind with monday.com.
How to Reconnect your monday.com Account to Rewind →
Use the Event History page –
Review a detailed timeline of backup, restore, and copy activity across your
account. This tool helps you monitor success rates, troubleshoot errors, and
ensure compliance.
Guide to Event History in the Rewind Vault →
Understand and resolve event errors –
When issues occur during backup or restore operations, they’re logged in your
event history. You can download and review error details to identify causes and
take action.
How to Understand and Resolve Event Errors in Rewind →
Need help?
If you have questions or need assistance, reach out to help@rewind.com or submit a request. We’re here to help!