# Backup Workflow/Credential To Dropbox with Telegram: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across Dropbox and Telegram. 23 steps, 1 branch, 2 loops or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/backup-workflow-credential-to-dropbox-with-telegram (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Documents and files](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Documents+and+files#library)

# Backup Workflow/Credential To Dropbox with Telegram

Started by a clock, and works across Dropbox and Telegram. 23 steps, 1 branch, 2 loops or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fbackup-workflow-credential-to-dropbox-with-telegram)

**23 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**2** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 12 Service 10

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **Schedule Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Config** Set *Logic*
- 3 **WAIT FOR MOVE TO FINISH** Merge *Logic*
- 4 **GET CURRENT DATE** Date Time *Logic*
- 5 **WAIT FOR MOVE TO FINISH1** Merge *Logic*
- 6 **Read/Write Files from Disk** Read Write File *Service*
- 7 **Set Credential Path** Set *Logic*
- 8 **Set Workflow Path** Set *Logic*
- 9 **PURGE DAYS** Date Time *Logic*
- 10 **Loop Over Items1** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 11 **Execute Credential Backup** Execute Command *Service*
- 12 **Execute Workflow Backup** Execute Command *Service*
- 13 **LIST OLD BACKUPS** Dropbox *Service*
- 14 **Send a text message1** Telegram *Service*
- 15 **UPLOAD WORKFLOWS** Dropbox *Service*
- 16 **Merge** Merge *Logic*
- 17 **CHECK DATES** If *Logic*
- 18 **GET CURRENT BACKUPS** Dropbox *Service*
- 19 **Loop Over Items** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 20 **IGNORE FOLDERS** Filter *Logic*
- 21 **Send a text message** Telegram *Service*
- 22 **DELETE OLD BACKUPS** Dropbox *Service*
- 23 **MOVE INTO OLD FOLDER** Dropbox *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 23, with 1 branch, 2 loops or waits
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Dropbox, Telegram
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Dropbox and Telegram accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 23 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 23 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fbackup-workflow-credential-to-dropbox-with-telegram)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Dropbox](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Dropbox#library)[Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Telegram#library)

## Workflows like it

Also documents and files, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

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- [**Process voice, images & documents with OpenAI and MongoDB** 21 steps · calls a model · Gmail, Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/process-voice-images-and-documents-with-openai-and-mongodb)
- [**Transcribing Telegram voice messages with Whisper and Gemini** 20 steps · calls a model · Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/transcribing-telegram-voice-messages-with-whisper-and-gemini)
- [**Backup n8n workflows to GitHub and Google Drive with Gmail** 19 steps · Gmail, Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/backup-n8n-workflows-to-github-and-google-drive-with-gmail)
- [**n8n workflow backup management with Dropbox and Airtable** 19 steps · Airtable, Dropbox](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/n8n-workflow-backup-management-with-dropbox-and-airtable)