# Where is the address book kept?

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/where-is-the-address-book-kept/113475>\
**Category:** ℹ️ Support\
**Created:** [April 12, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/where-is-the-address-book-kept/113475 "2021-04-12T18:56:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![j-ed](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/j-ed/32/7281_2.png) [@j-ed](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/j-ed)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/where-is-the-address-book-kept/113475/2 "2021-04-12T19:07:21Z")

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Using the search function of this forum, I found this:

> [@Calcardbackup: bash script to backup Nextcloud calendars and addressbooks as \*.ics/\*.vcf files](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/calcardbackup-bash-script-to-backup-nextcloud-calendars-and-addressbooks-as-ics-vcf-files/11978/4):
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> I just released version 0.2.0 of the script, which comes with a new option to include shared addressbooks/calendars to the backup. This may be used to provide only one username + password in the credentials-file to whom all addressbooks/calendars (to be backed up) are shared. A just for this purpose created new user would make sense. If the file gets somehow in wrong hands, only the credentials of this single user will be compromised. Drawback of this approach is: added addressbooks/calendars …

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