Compare backups

Comparing two backups shows you exactly what changed in your store between two points in time — down to the individual field. Use it to investigate "what happened to my store last week?" without restoring anything.

Comparing is read-only and has nothing to do with restoring. It never changes your store. (To see what a restore would change, use Preview changes instead.)

How it works

You compare a backup A against a backup B — typically an older snapshot versus a newer one. The comparison drills down through three levels:

1. Summary

A store-wide overview with four totals — added, modified, removed, and unchanged — plus a table breaking those numbers down by data type. Click any data type to drill in.

2. Items

The list of individual items for that data type, each tagged with its status (added / modified / removed). For modified items, you see which fields changed. Filter the list by status to focus on, say, only the items that were removed.

3. Field detail

Open a single item to see a field-by-field diff: the value in backup A next to the value in backup B, with changed fields highlighted. Toggle Show unchanged fields to see the full record or just the differences.

When to use it

• Find out which products changed between two dates.
• Confirm a bulk edit did what you expected before deciding whether to restore.
• Audit theme or content changes over time.

💡 Once you've identified what changed, you can roll it back with a full or selective restore.