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🚨 MANUS USERS: BACK UP YOUR DATA NOW. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL AUGUST 23. 🚨

Hey AI Masters! 👋🏾

If you use Manus AI, especially if you have built websites, agents, workflows, research, presentations, documents, projects, or other important assets inside Manus, I need you to pay attention to this.

Manus is going through a major service transition.

According to Manus’ official Help Center, the company is preparing to resume operating as an independent company. As part of that transition and regulatory requirements affecting certain jurisdictions, data belonging to certain affected users will be permanently deleted during the transition.

Yes. Deleted.

This is NOT me telling you that Manus is completely shutting down.

It is also NOT something that affects every account identically.

But if your account is one of the affected accounts, you need to take action.

🚨 THE DEADLINE YOU NEED TO KNOW

Manus opened its official backup period on August 11, 2026.

The official backup window closes:

⏰ August 22 at 7:59 PM Eastern Time

⏰ August 23 at 7:59 AM Singapore Time

That means my U.S. folks should NOT look at “August 23” and think you have all day Sunday.

YOU DO NOT.

My recommendation?

🔥 BACK IT UP TODAY.

WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING?

For affected accounts, Manus says specified data will be permanently deleted during its transition period.

Depending on your account classification, this can include:

⚠️ Account information

⚠️ Subscription records

⚠️ Task data

⚠️ Manus-generated artifacts

⚠️ Websites and WebDev project data

⚠️ Presentations and other generated files

⚠️ Third-party connector authorizations

⚠️ Personal and/or Team workspace data

The exact impact depends on your account classification and the official notification Manus sent you.

📅 THE TIMELINE

NOW THROUGH AUGUST 22 AT 7:59 PM ET

Affected users can continue using Manus normally AND use Manus’ official Data Backup Tool.

AUGUST 23 THROUGH AUGUST 24

The deletion/maintenance period begins for affected accounts.

Affected users and regions may temporarily lose access to Manus while specified data is permanently deleted.

AUGUST 25

The restoration portal opens.

Affected users who created backups can begin restoring their backed-up account and task data.

And this part is IMPORTANT: ‼️‼️‼️

Creating the backup is only STEP ONE.

You will need that backup file to restore your information after the restoration portal opens.

🚨 IF YOU BUILT A WEBSITE WITH MANUS, READ THIS TWICE

If your affected account contains a Manus-hosted WebDev project or website, your website may become unavailable during the deletion period.

The backup itself DOES NOT keep your Manus-hosted website online.

Once restoration becomes available, you must actively restore the appropriate Task Data Backup.

After restoration, Manus says previously deployed versions are expected to deploy again, but you should verify your:

✔️ Project data

✔️ Domain

✔️ TLS certificate

✔️ Configuration

✔️ Integrations

✔️ Critical website functions

If you have important code, I would also maintain an independent copy such as GitHub where appropriate.

But understand this:

A GitHub copy does NOT replace Manus’ official Task Data Backup.

🚨 ANOTHER IMPORTANT DETAIL

If you back up your Manus account TODAY and then create or change something afterward, those later changes are NOT magically added to your old backup.

Manus specifically says its backup tool supports multiple backups.

So if you keep working after your first backup:

RUN ANOTHER BACKUP BEFORE THE WINDOW CLOSES.

TEAM OWNERS, THIS ONE IS FOR YOU 👀

If you own a Manus Team workspace, do not assume somebody else on your team can handle restoration.

Manus says only the Team owner can restore Team data.

If the Team owner’s personal account also requires restoration, that account may have to be restored first before the Team workspace and its data can be restored.

Translation?

KNOW WHO OWNS YOUR WORKSPACE BEFORE THIS STARTS.

WHAT I WANT MY AI MASTERS TO DO TODAY‼️

Log into Manus.
Check your in-app notifications AND the email associated with your Manus account.
Determine whether Manus identifies your account as affected.
If you are affected, use the official Manus Data Backup Tool.
Download and SAVE the backup somewhere outside Manus.
Keep a second copy somewhere safe.
If you make additional changes before the deadline, create another backup.
If you have Manus-hosted websites or business-critical projects, document everything you may need to verify after restoration.
Do NOT delete that backup file after August 25.
Once the restoration portal opens, restore your data and verify your important projects before assuming everything is good.💡 BIGGER AI BUSINESS LESSON

And THIS is why I teach:

DO NOT BUILD YOUR ENTIRE BUSINESS INSIDE SOMEBODY ELSE’S PLATFORM WITHOUT A BACKUP STRATEGY. ‼️‼️‼️

AI platforms can change.

Policies can change.

Ownership can change.

Infrastructure can change.

Regulations can change.

Your intellectual property, prompts, systems, client work, agents, workflows, research, databases and business assets need to be treated like ASSETS.‼️‼️‼️

Back them up.

Export them.

Document them.

Know where your data lives.

Because “it’s in the AI” is NOT a business continuity plan. 😂

🚨 BOTTOM LINE:

If Manus notified you that your account is affected, DO NOT WAIT UNTIL AUGUST 23.

Back up your data NOW.

Then keep that backup SAFE because you may need it to restore your data once Manus’ restoration portal opens.

I would rather have every single one of you back up something you never need than lose months of work because you thought, “I’ll do it later.”

Later has a deadline. 😩😂

💗 Danielle Shante’