I’m new to n8n and run the community version on Windows 11. I am preparing backups for my n8n installation, and I want to know what files to back up to recover from a system crash. Thanks.
Information on your n8n setup
- n8n version: 1.75.2
- Database (default: SQLite): SQLite
- n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): Unknown/Not relevant
- Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): Desktop/Community
- Operating system: Windows 11 Pro
If I backup the “.n8n” folder, is that enough to recover from a crash?
you can create a backup-workflow which will write out all of your workflows and credentials in specified folders on the local filesystem. that way you have clean data.
here’s a simple example which will export your workflows and credentials in separate files
I recommend also to take a look at n8n’s CLI commands for exporting: CLI commands | n8n Docs
That’s really interesting. I would never have thought to do it that way. 
What do I specify for the n8n Account Credentials for the “GET WORKFLOWS” step?
in your n8n-instance, go to Settings > n8n API and create an API-Key. that will be your credential
