• Launch Signal on the phone that contains all your Signal messages. • Tap on your profile icon in the upper left corner. • Go to Signal Settings Chats and media  Chat backups  Turn on. • Choose a folder in which you want to save your chat backups. • Copy or take a screenshot of the passphrase shown to you on the screen. You should copy it from left to right. Note that you won’t be able to restore your messages without this code. • Tick the box to confirm you have copied the passphrase. • Tap on “Enable Backups.” • Save a backup copy on a device other than your phone. To restore messages on your new phone, continue with these steps: • Manually move the Signal folder with the backup file to your new phone. You can move it to your /Internal storage/ folder. If you are just resetting your old phone, manually move the Signal backup folder to your computer. • Install Signal. • Tap “Restore backup.” • Choose the folder with the backup file. • Enter your 30-digit code. If you don’t see the “Restore backup” option in Step 3, select “Continue” and follow the next steps: • Accept the app permissions. • Signal should detect your backup automatically. It will ask you to restore it. • Tap “Restore backup.”