badsithnocookie:

also i’ve seen a few people ask so i’mma post some instructions – backing up your blog is super easy

you need to be on desktop to do this though

go to blog settings

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and click on that link, then all the way down the bottom of the page, under the old block list, is an ‘export blogname’ button. tumblr will have a think about it and email you about a half hour-hour or so later to let you know the backup is ready. then just go back to the blog settings page and download from there

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(i did a backup about six weeks ago, which is why there’s already a link there – if you haven’t done a backup before, then you’ll just have the ‘export blogname’ button)

the download is a zip file which contains copies of all your posts, including all the media (images, music etc) you’ve posted, plus xml files containing copies of all the conversations you’ve had on tumblr’s im thing

i couldn’t see that you get copies of asks/fanmail/drafts so if those are important to you i’d suggest backing those up separately!