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Cloud Sync

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Cloud Sync keeps your Raycast setup consistent on every device where you're signed in. The things you create — Quicklinks, Snippets, Notes, AI chats, themes, window management layouts, and more — sync continuously in the background, so a Snippet you add on your Mac at work is ready on your Windows machine at home. Even devices that have been offline catch up automatically, with nothing to export or merge by hand.

Get Started

Before turning on Cloud Sync, run the Export Settings & Data command to create a backup of your current setup. This makes sure you have a safe copy of your data to restore from in case anything goes wrong during the initial sync. We also recommend enabling scheduled exports so you always have a recent backup.

  1. If you're a macOS v2 user who hasn't run the Migrate from Raycast v1 command yet, do so first to bring your v1 data across. Skip this on Windows or if your app is already set up.
  2. Sign in to your Raycast account in Raycast Settings → Account — Cloud Sync requires a Pro subscription.
  3. Open Raycast Settings (⌘ / Ctrl ,) and select Cloud Sync from the sidebar.
  4. Under Sync Preferences, choose which categories to include when Cloud Sync turns on. You can change your selection at any time later.
  5. Turn Cloud Sync on with the toggle in the top-right corner and confirm.

The Cloud Sync settings tab with the enable toggle turned off and the backup reminder

Cloud Sync requires a signed-in Raycast Pro account. If your session expires, syncing pauses and resumes once you sign in again. If you sign out, Cloud Sync turns off, and you'll need to re-enable it after signing back in.

Once Cloud Sync is on, the settings page shows two screens: Synced Devices, listing every device connected to your account, and Synced Content, where you control what's kept in sync.

The Cloud Sync settings tab with sync enabled, showing Synced Devices, Synced Content, and the items that are not synced

Choose What to Sync

The Synced Content screen is where you control what's kept in sync. Each content category shows a live count of its synced items and a toggle to turn it on or off. While a device is still catching up, the count shows how many items are on this device out of how many are in the cloud.

Content categories

  • AI Commands & Agents
  • AI Chat History
  • MCP Servers
  • Quicklinks
  • Raycast Notes
  • Snippets
  • Themes
  • New Transcription Styles
  • Window Management Layouts
  • Extensions: Extensions and commands sync across devices, but need to be enabled per device.

General Settings categories

  • Open at Login
  • Show in Menu Bar (Show in System Tray on Windows)
  • Appearance
  • Interface Size
  • Window Mode

Some preferences are synced by default and can't be turned off: Some General Settings and Root Search Ranking. AI Chat History also always keeps the AI models and folders it depends on in sync, even if you turn off AI Commands & Agents.

The Synced Content screen listing each category with its item count and sync toggle

Not Synced

Some data always stays on your device:

  • Clipboard History
  • Script Commands (scripts only; their settings sync)
  • Credentials and Passwords: never synced, for security reasons
  • Some General and Advanced Settings: device-specific settings stay on this device

Anything that doesn't appear in Synced Content — such as Screenshots, Search History, and your Export & Backup settings — is also not synced.

Manage Synced Devices

The Synced Devices screen lists every device connected to your account. Each entry shows the device name, its platform, OS and app version, and when it last synced. From there you can:

  • Rename a device so it's easy to recognize — click its name and type a new one.
  • Remove a device with next to it to stop it from syncing and revoke its access. The removed device stops syncing and clears its local synced state; the local data itself stays on that device.

Your current device is marked This Device, always appears at the top, and can't be removed.

Legacy Raycast & iOS Devices groups all of your Raycast v1 and iOS devices into a single entry. They sync through legacy Cloud Sync and can't be shown, renamed, or removed individually. The Cloud Sync settings shown here are exclusively part of v2, and Cloud Sync v2 for iOS is coming soon.

The Synced Devices screen listing each connected device with its platform, app version, and last sync time

Turn Cloud Sync Off

Turning Cloud Sync off on a device stops data from syncing. Any data previously synced to that device remains on it — only the device's local sync state is cleared. Your data stays available in the cloud and on your other synced devices, and is restored to the device when you re-enable Cloud Sync.

Delete Your Cloud Sync Data

Turning Cloud Sync off only stops a device from syncing — your synced data stays on Raycast's servers and on your other devices. If you want to remove that data from the cloud entirely, open Raycast Settings → Cloud Sync and, under the Danger Zone, use the Delete Cloud Sync Data & Devices button.

This permanently removes the data your account has synced to Raycast's servers, disconnects your synced devices, and turns off syncing on this device. Your local Raycast data stays on your devices. The button is available whenever your account still has synced data on the server, whether Cloud Sync is currently enabled or disabled on this device — so even if you've already turned Cloud Sync off here, you can still delete the data your account has previously synced to the cloud.

Delete Cloud Sync Data & Devices permanently removes your synced data from Raycast's servers and cannot be undone. This is different from turning Cloud Sync off, which leaves your server data intact. Make sure you have a recent backup (Export Settings & Data) before deleting.

Privacy & Security

Synced data is tied to your Raycast account and is encrypted in your device's local database, in transit, and in the server's database. Credentials and passwords are never synced. Raycast for Enterprise organizations can disable Cloud Sync for their members entirely with the Cloud Sync Control admin setting.

FAQ

Troubleshooting

Cloud Sync is designed to be hands-off, but a few rough edges remain — especially around bridging data between v1 and v2 devices. Here are the known issues and what to do about them.