diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 5d3936eb1..38225c903 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 
     <application
         android:name=".OmnivoreApplication"
-        android:allowBackup="true"
+        android:allowBackup="false"
         android:dataExtractionRules="@xml/data_extraction_rules"
-        android:fullBackupContent="@xml/backup_rules"
+        android:fullBackupContent="false"
         android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
         android:label="@string/app_name"
         android:supportsRtl="true"
diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/res/xml/data_extraction_rules.xml b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/res/xml/data_extraction_rules.xml
index e59428ef8..b762ef705 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/res/xml/data_extraction_rules.xml
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/res/xml/data_extraction_rules.xml
@@ -5,15 +5,17 @@
 -->
 <data-extraction-rules>
     <cloud-backup>
-        <!-- Use <include> and <exclude> to control what is backed up.
-        <include .../>
-        <exclude .../>
-        -->
+        <exclude domain="root" />
+        <exclude domain="file" />
+        <exclude domain="database" />
+        <exclude domain="sharedpref" />
+        <exclude domain="external" />
     </cloud-backup>
-    <!--
     <device-transfer>
-        <include .../>
-        <exclude .../>
+        <exclude domain="root" />
+        <exclude domain="file" />
+        <exclude domain="database" />
+        <exclude domain="sharedpref" />
+        <exclude domain="external" />
     </device-transfer>
-    -->
 </data-extraction-rules>