diff --git a/native/backup/backup-handler.js b/native/backup/backup-handler.js
index 56bce462f..dbdb1f789 100644
--- a/native/backup/backup-handler.js
+++ b/native/backup/backup-handler.js
@@ -1,62 +1,72 @@
 // @flow
 
 import AsyncStorage from '@react-native-async-storage/async-storage';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { useSelector } from 'react-redux';
 
 import { isLoggedIn } from 'lib/selectors/user-selectors.js';
 import { getMessageForException } from 'lib/utils/errors.js';
 
 import { BACKUP_HASH_STORAGE_KEY } from './constants.js';
 import { convertObjToBytes } from './conversion-utils.js';
 import { useClientBackup } from './use-client-backup.js';
 import { commUtilsModule } from '../native-modules.js';
 import Alert from '../utils/alert.js';
 import { useStaffCanSee } from '../utils/staff-utils.js';
 
 function BackupHandler(): null {
   const userStore = useSelector(state => state.userStore);
   const currentUserID = useSelector(
     state => state.currentUserInfo && state.currentUserInfo.id,
   );
+  const isBackupEnabled = useSelector(
+    state => state.localSettings.isBackupEnabled,
+  );
   const loggedIn = useSelector(isLoggedIn);
   const staffCanSee = useStaffCanSee();
 
   const { uploadBackupProtocol } = useClientBackup();
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     (async () => {
-      if (!loggedIn || !staffCanSee) {
+      if (!isBackupEnabled || !loggedIn || !staffCanSee) {
         return;
       }
 
       const userData = { userStore };
       const userDataBytes = convertObjToBytes(userData);
       const currentBackupHash = commUtilsModule.sha256(userDataBytes.buffer);
 
       const recentBackupHash = await AsyncStorage.getItem(
         BACKUP_HASH_STORAGE_KEY,
       );
 
       if (!recentBackupHash || currentBackupHash !== recentBackupHash) {
         try {
           await uploadBackupProtocol(userData);
           await AsyncStorage.setItem(
             BACKUP_HASH_STORAGE_KEY,
             currentBackupHash,
           );
         } catch (e) {
           console.error(`Backup uploading error: ${e}`);
           Alert.alert(
             'Backup protocol info',
             `Backup uploading error: ${String(getMessageForException(e))}`,
           );
         }
       }
     })();
-  }, [currentUserID, loggedIn, staffCanSee, uploadBackupProtocol, userStore]);
+  }, [
+    currentUserID,
+    isBackupEnabled,
+    staffCanSee,
+    loggedIn,
+    uploadBackupProtocol,
+    userStore,
+  ]);
 
   return null;
 }
 
 export default BackupHandler;
diff --git a/native/redux/action-types.js b/native/redux/action-types.js
index 21ce408c0..512158f4d 100644
--- a/native/redux/action-types.js
+++ b/native/redux/action-types.js
@@ -1,65 +1,68 @@
 // @flow
 
 import type { Orientations } from 'react-native-orientation-locker';
 
 import { saveMessagesActionType } from 'lib/actions/message-actions.js';
 import type { Shape } from 'lib/types/core.js';
 import type { BaseAction } from 'lib/types/redux-types.js';
 
 import type { DimensionsInfo } from './dimensions-updater.react.js';
 import type { AppState } from './state-types.js';
 import type { DeviceCameraInfo } from '../types/camera.js';
 import type { ConnectivityInfo } from '../types/connectivity.js';
+import type { LocalSettings } from '../types/local-settings-types.js';
 import type { GlobalThemeInfo } from '../types/themes.js';
 
 export const updateDimensionsActiveType = 'UPDATE_DIMENSIONS';
 export const updateConnectivityActiveType = 'UPDATE_CONNECTIVITY';
 export const updateThemeInfoActionType = 'UPDATE_THEME_INFO';
 export const updateDeviceCameraInfoActionType = 'UPDATE_DEVICE_CAMERA_INFO';
 export const updateDeviceOrientationActionType = 'UPDATE_DEVICE_ORIENTATION';
 export const updateThreadLastNavigatedActionType =
   'UPDATE_THREAD_LAST_NAVIGATED';
 export const setStoreLoadedActionType = 'SET_STORE_LOADED';
 export const setReduxStateActionType = 'SET_REDUX_STATE';
+export const setLocalSettingsActionType = 'SET_LOCAL_SETTINGS';
 
 export const backgroundActionTypes: Set<string> = new Set([
   saveMessagesActionType,
 ]);
 
 export type Action =
   | BaseAction
   | {
       +type: 'SET_REDUX_STATE',
       +payload: { +state: AppState, +hideFromMonitor: boolean },
     }
   | {
       +type: 'SET_CUSTOM_SERVER',
       +payload: string,
     }
   | {
       +type: 'UPDATE_DIMENSIONS',
       +payload: Shape<DimensionsInfo>,
     }
   | {
       +type: 'UPDATE_CONNECTIVITY',
       +payload: ConnectivityInfo,
     }
   | {
       +type: 'UPDATE_THEME_INFO',
       +payload: Shape<GlobalThemeInfo>,
     }
   | {
       +type: 'UPDATE_DEVICE_CAMERA_INFO',
       +payload: Shape<DeviceCameraInfo>,
     }
   | {
       +type: 'UPDATE_DEVICE_ORIENTATION',
       +payload: Orientations,
     }
   | {
       +type: 'UPDATE_THREAD_LAST_NAVIGATED',
       +payload: { +threadID: string, +time: number },
     }
   | {
       +type: 'SET_STORE_LOADED',
-    };
+    }
+  | { +type: 'SET_LOCAL_SETTINGS', +payload: LocalSettings };
diff --git a/native/redux/redux-setup.js b/native/redux/redux-setup.js
index c748e655f..76af6871e 100644
--- a/native/redux/redux-setup.js
+++ b/native/redux/redux-setup.js
@@ -1,491 +1,509 @@
 // @flow
 
 import { AppState as NativeAppState, Platform, Alert } from 'react-native';
 import Orientation from 'react-native-orientation-locker';
 import { createStore, applyMiddleware, type Store, compose } from 'redux';
 import { persistStore, persistReducer } from 'redux-persist';
 import thunk from 'redux-thunk';
 
 import { setClientDBStoreActionType } from 'lib/actions/client-db-store-actions.js';
 import { siweAuthActionTypes } from 'lib/actions/siwe-actions.js';
 import {
   logOutActionTypes,
   deleteAccountActionTypes,
   logInActionTypes,
 } from 'lib/actions/user-actions.js';
 import type { ThreadStoreOperation } from 'lib/ops/thread-store-ops.js';
 import { threadStoreOpsHandlers } from 'lib/ops/thread-store-ops.js';
 import baseReducer from 'lib/reducers/master-reducer.js';
 import {
   invalidSessionDowngrade,
   invalidSessionRecovery,
 } from 'lib/shared/session-utils.js';
 import { isStaff } from 'lib/shared/staff-utils.js';
 import { defaultEnabledApps } from 'lib/types/enabled-apps.js';
 import { defaultCalendarQuery } from 'lib/types/entry-types.js';
 import { defaultCalendarFilters } from 'lib/types/filter-types.js';
 import type { Dispatch, BaseAction } from 'lib/types/redux-types.js';
 import { rehydrateActionType } from 'lib/types/redux-types.js';
 import type { SetSessionPayload } from 'lib/types/session-types.js';
 import { defaultConnectionInfo } from 'lib/types/socket-types.js';
 import { reduxLoggerMiddleware } from 'lib/utils/action-logger.js';
 import { setNewSessionActionType } from 'lib/utils/action-utils.js';
 import { defaultNotifPermissionAlertInfo } from 'lib/utils/push-alerts.js';
 import { ashoatKeyserverID } from 'lib/utils/validation-utils.js';
 
 import {
   updateDimensionsActiveType,
   updateConnectivityActiveType,
   updateThemeInfoActionType,
   updateDeviceCameraInfoActionType,
   updateDeviceOrientationActionType,
   updateThreadLastNavigatedActionType,
   backgroundActionTypes,
   setReduxStateActionType,
   setStoreLoadedActionType,
   type Action,
+  setLocalSettingsActionType,
 } from './action-types.js';
 import { remoteReduxDevServerConfig } from './dev-tools.js';
 import { defaultDimensionsInfo } from './dimensions-updater.react.js';
 import { persistConfig, setPersistor } from './persist.js';
 import { processDBStoreOperations } from './redux-utils.js';
 import type { AppState } from './state-types.js';
 import reduceGlobalThemeInfo from './theme-reducer.js';
 import { defaultNavInfo } from '../navigation/default-state.js';
 import { getGlobalNavContext } from '../navigation/icky-global.js';
 import { activeMessageListSelector } from '../navigation/nav-selectors.js';
 import reactotron from '../reactotron.js';
 import { defaultDeviceCameraInfo } from '../types/camera.js';
 import { defaultConnectivityInfo } from '../types/connectivity.js';
 import { defaultGlobalThemeInfo } from '../types/themes.js';
 import { isStaffRelease } from '../utils/staff-utils.js';
 import {
   defaultURLPrefix,
   natNodeServer,
   setCustomServer,
   getDevServerHostname,
 } from '../utils/url-utils.js';
 
 const defaultState = ({
   navInfo: defaultNavInfo,
   currentUserInfo: null,
   draftStore: { drafts: {} },
   entryStore: {
     entryInfos: {},
     daysToEntries: {},
     lastUserInteractionCalendar: 0,
   },
   threadStore: {
     threadInfos: {},
   },
   userStore: {
     userInfos: {},
     inconsistencyReports: [],
   },
   messageStore: {
     messages: {},
     threads: {},
     local: {},
     currentAsOf: { [ashoatKeyserverID]: 0 },
   },
   storeLoaded: false,
   loadingStatuses: {},
   calendarFilters: defaultCalendarFilters,
   deviceToken: null,
   dataLoaded: false,
   customServer: natNodeServer,
   notifPermissionAlertInfo: defaultNotifPermissionAlertInfo,
   actualizedCalendarQuery: defaultCalendarQuery(Platform.OS),
   watchedThreadIDs: [],
   lifecycleState: 'active',
   enabledApps: defaultEnabledApps,
   reportStore: {
     enabledReports: {
       crashReports: __DEV__,
       inconsistencyReports: __DEV__,
       mediaReports: __DEV__,
     },
     queuedReports: [],
   },
   nextLocalID: 0,
   _persist: null,
   dimensions: defaultDimensionsInfo,
   connectivity: defaultConnectivityInfo,
   globalThemeInfo: defaultGlobalThemeInfo,
   deviceCameraInfo: defaultDeviceCameraInfo,
   deviceOrientation: Orientation.getInitialOrientation(),
   frozen: false,
   userPolicies: {},
   commServicesAccessToken: null,
   inviteLinksStore: {
     links: {},
   },
   lastCommunicatedPlatformDetails: {},
   keyserverStore: {
     keyserverInfos: {
       [ashoatKeyserverID]: {
         updatesCurrentAsOf: 0,
         urlPrefix: defaultURLPrefix,
         connection: defaultConnectionInfo,
       },
     },
   },
+  localSettings: {
+    isBackupEnabled: false,
+  },
 }: AppState);
 
 function reducer(state: AppState = defaultState, action: Action) {
   if (action.type === setReduxStateActionType) {
     return action.payload.state;
   }
 
   // We want to alert staff/developers if there's a difference between the keys
   // we expect to see REHYDRATED and the keys that are actually REHYDRATED.
   // Context: https://linear.app/comm/issue/ENG-2127/
   if (
     action.type === rehydrateActionType &&
     (__DEV__ ||
       isStaffRelease ||
       (state.currentUserInfo &&
         state.currentUserInfo.id &&
         isStaff(state.currentUserInfo.id)))
   ) {
     // 1. Construct set of keys expected to be REHYDRATED
     const defaultKeys = Object.keys(defaultState);
     const expectedKeys = defaultKeys.filter(
       each => !persistConfig.blacklist.includes(each),
     );
     const expectedKeysSet = new Set(expectedKeys);
 
     // 2. Construct set of keys actually REHYDRATED
     const rehydratedKeys = Object.keys(action.payload ?? {});
     const rehydratedKeysSet = new Set(rehydratedKeys);
 
     // 3. Determine the difference between the two sets
     const expectedKeysNotRehydrated = expectedKeys.filter(
       each => !rehydratedKeysSet.has(each),
     );
     const rehydratedKeysNotExpected = rehydratedKeys.filter(
       each => !expectedKeysSet.has(each),
     );
 
     // 4. Display alerts with the differences between the two sets
     if (expectedKeysNotRehydrated.length > 0) {
       Alert.alert(
         `EXPECTED KEYS NOT REHYDRATED: ${JSON.stringify(
           expectedKeysNotRehydrated,
         )}`,
       );
     }
     if (rehydratedKeysNotExpected.length > 0) {
       Alert.alert(
         `REHYDRATED KEYS NOT EXPECTED: ${JSON.stringify(
           rehydratedKeysNotExpected,
         )}`,
       );
     }
   }
 
   if (
     (action.type === setNewSessionActionType &&
       invalidSessionDowngrade(
         state,
         action.payload.sessionChange.currentUserInfo,
         action.payload.preRequestUserState,
       )) ||
     (action.type === logOutActionTypes.success &&
       invalidSessionDowngrade(
         state,
         action.payload.currentUserInfo,
         action.payload.preRequestUserState,
       )) ||
     (action.type === deleteAccountActionTypes.success &&
       invalidSessionDowngrade(
         state,
         action.payload.currentUserInfo,
         action.payload.preRequestUserState,
       ))
   ) {
     return state;
   }
   if (
     (action.type === setNewSessionActionType &&
       action.payload.sessionChange.currentUserInfo &&
       invalidSessionRecovery(
         state,
         action.payload.sessionChange.currentUserInfo,
         action.payload.logInActionSource,
       )) ||
     ((action.type === logInActionTypes.success ||
       action.type === siweAuthActionTypes.success) &&
       invalidSessionRecovery(
         state,
         action.payload.currentUserInfo,
         action.payload.logInActionSource,
       ))
   ) {
     return state;
   }
 
   state = {
     ...state,
     globalThemeInfo: reduceGlobalThemeInfo(state.globalThemeInfo, action),
   };
 
   if (action.type === setCustomServer) {
     return {
       ...state,
       customServer: action.payload,
     };
   } else if (action.type === updateDimensionsActiveType) {
     return {
       ...state,
       dimensions: {
         ...state.dimensions,
         ...action.payload,
       },
     };
   } else if (action.type === updateConnectivityActiveType) {
     return {
       ...state,
       connectivity: action.payload,
     };
   } else if (action.type === updateThemeInfoActionType) {
     // Handled above by reduceGlobalThemeInfo
     return state;
   } else if (action.type === updateDeviceCameraInfoActionType) {
     return {
       ...state,
       deviceCameraInfo: {
         ...state.deviceCameraInfo,
         ...action.payload,
       },
     };
   } else if (action.type === updateDeviceOrientationActionType) {
     return {
       ...state,
       deviceOrientation: action.payload,
     };
   } else if (action.type === updateThreadLastNavigatedActionType) {
     const { threadID, time } = action.payload;
     if (state.messageStore.threads[threadID]) {
       const updatedThreads = {
         [threadID]: {
           ...state.messageStore.threads[threadID],
           lastNavigatedTo: time,
         },
       };
 
       state = {
         ...state,
         messageStore: {
           ...state.messageStore,
           threads: {
             ...state.messageStore.threads,
             ...updatedThreads,
           },
         },
       };
 
       processDBStoreOperations({
         draftStoreOperations: [],
         messageStoreOperations: [
           {
             type: 'replace_threads',
             payload: {
               threads: updatedThreads,
             },
           },
         ],
         threadStoreOperations: [],
         reportStoreOperations: [],
       });
     }
     return state;
+  } else if (action.type === setLocalSettingsActionType) {
+    return {
+      ...state,
+      localSettings: { ...state.localSettings, ...action.payload },
+    };
+  } else if (
+    action.type === logOutActionTypes.started ||
+    action.type === logOutActionTypes.success ||
+    action.type === deleteAccountActionTypes.success
+  ) {
+    return {
+      ...state,
+      localSettings: { isBackupEnabled: false },
+    };
   }
 
   if (action.type === setNewSessionActionType) {
     sessionInvalidationAlert(action.payload);
   }
   if (action.type === setStoreLoadedActionType) {
     return {
       ...state,
       storeLoaded: true,
     };
   }
   if (action.type === setClientDBStoreActionType) {
     state = {
       ...state,
       storeLoaded: true,
     };
     const currentLoggedInUserID = state.currentUserInfo?.anonymous
       ? undefined
       : state.currentUserInfo?.id;
     const actionCurrentLoggedInUserID = action.payload.currentUserID;
     if (
       !currentLoggedInUserID ||
       !actionCurrentLoggedInUserID ||
       actionCurrentLoggedInUserID !== currentLoggedInUserID
     ) {
       // If user is logged out now, was logged out at the time action was
       // dispatched or their ID changed between action dispatch and a
       // call to reducer we ignore the SQLite data since it is not valid
       return state;
     }
   }
 
   const baseReducerResult = baseReducer(state, (action: BaseAction));
   state = baseReducerResult.state;
 
   const { storeOperations } = baseReducerResult;
   const {
     draftStoreOperations,
     threadStoreOperations,
     messageStoreOperations,
     reportStoreOperations,
   } = storeOperations;
 
   const fixUnreadActiveThreadResult = fixUnreadActiveThread(state, action);
   state = fixUnreadActiveThreadResult.state;
 
   const threadStoreOperationsWithUnreadFix = [
     ...threadStoreOperations,
     ...fixUnreadActiveThreadResult.threadStoreOperations,
   ];
 
   processDBStoreOperations({
     draftStoreOperations,
     messageStoreOperations,
     threadStoreOperations: threadStoreOperationsWithUnreadFix,
     reportStoreOperations,
   });
 
   return state;
 }
 
 function sessionInvalidationAlert(payload: SetSessionPayload) {
   if (
     !payload.sessionChange.cookieInvalidated ||
     !payload.preRequestUserState ||
     !payload.preRequestUserState.currentUserInfo ||
     payload.preRequestUserState.currentUserInfo.anonymous
   ) {
     return;
   }
   if (payload.error === 'client_version_unsupported') {
     const app = Platform.select({
       ios: 'App Store',
       android: 'Play Store',
     });
     Alert.alert(
       'App out of date',
       'Your app version is pretty old, and the server doesn’t know how to ' +
         `speak to it anymore. Please use the ${app} app to update!`,
       [{ text: 'OK' }],
       { cancelable: true },
     );
   } else {
     Alert.alert(
       'Session invalidated',
       'We’re sorry, but your session was invalidated by the server. ' +
         'Please log in again.',
       [{ text: 'OK' }],
       { cancelable: true },
     );
   }
 }
 
 // Makes sure a currently focused thread is never unread. Note that we consider
 // a backgrounded NativeAppState to actually be active if it last changed to
 // inactive more than 10 seconds ago. This is because there is a delay when
 // NativeAppState is updating in response to a foreground, and actions don't get
 // processed more than 10 seconds after a backgrounding anyways. However we
 // don't consider this for action types that can be expected to happen while the
 // app is backgrounded.
 type FixUnreadActiveThreadResult = {
   +state: AppState,
   +threadStoreOperations: $ReadOnlyArray<ThreadStoreOperation>,
 };
 function fixUnreadActiveThread(
   state: AppState,
   action: *,
 ): FixUnreadActiveThreadResult {
   const navContext = getGlobalNavContext();
   const activeThread = activeMessageListSelector(navContext);
   if (
     !activeThread ||
     !state.threadStore.threadInfos[activeThread]?.currentUser.unread ||
     (NativeAppState.currentState !== 'active' &&
       (appLastBecameInactive + 10000 >= Date.now() ||
         backgroundActionTypes.has(action.type)))
   ) {
     return { state, threadStoreOperations: [] };
   }
 
   const updatedActiveThreadInfo = {
     ...state.threadStore.threadInfos[activeThread],
     currentUser: {
       ...state.threadStore.threadInfos[activeThread].currentUser,
       unread: false,
     },
   };
 
   const threadStoreOperations = [
     {
       type: 'replace',
       payload: {
         id: activeThread,
         threadInfo: updatedActiveThreadInfo,
       },
     },
   ];
 
   const updatedThreadStore = threadStoreOpsHandlers.processStoreOperations(
     state.threadStore,
     threadStoreOperations,
   );
 
   return {
     state: { ...state, threadStore: updatedThreadStore },
     threadStoreOperations,
   };
 }
 
 let appLastBecameInactive = 0;
 function appBecameInactive() {
   appLastBecameInactive = Date.now();
 }
 
 const middleware = applyMiddleware(thunk, reduxLoggerMiddleware);
 
 let composeFunc = compose;
 if (__DEV__ && global.HermesInternal) {
   const { composeWithDevTools } = require('remote-redux-devtools/src/index.js');
   composeFunc = composeWithDevTools({
     name: 'Redux',
     hostname: getDevServerHostname(),
     ...remoteReduxDevServerConfig,
   });
 } else if (global.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION_COMPOSE__) {
   composeFunc = global.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION_COMPOSE__({
     name: 'Redux',
   });
 }
 
 let enhancers;
 if (reactotron) {
   enhancers = composeFunc(middleware, reactotron.createEnhancer());
 } else {
   enhancers = composeFunc(middleware);
 }
 
 const store: Store<AppState, *> = createStore(
   persistReducer(persistConfig, reducer),
   defaultState,
   enhancers,
 );
 const persistor = persistStore(store);
 setPersistor(persistor);
 
 const unsafeDispatch: any = store.dispatch;
 const dispatch: Dispatch = unsafeDispatch;
 
 export { store, dispatch, appBecameInactive };
diff --git a/native/redux/state-types.js b/native/redux/state-types.js
index 5e0ad025b..76620ee91 100644
--- a/native/redux/state-types.js
+++ b/native/redux/state-types.js
@@ -1,61 +1,63 @@
 // @flow
 
 import type { Orientations } from 'react-native-orientation-locker';
 import type { PersistState } from 'redux-persist/es/types.js';
 
 import type { LastCommunicatedPlatformDetails } from 'lib/types/device-types.js';
 import type { DraftStore } from 'lib/types/draft-types.js';
 import type { EnabledApps } from 'lib/types/enabled-apps.js';
 import type { EntryStore, CalendarQuery } from 'lib/types/entry-types.js';
 import type { CalendarFilter } from 'lib/types/filter-types.js';
 import type { KeyserverStore } from 'lib/types/keyserver-types.js';
 import type { LifecycleState } from 'lib/types/lifecycle-state-types.js';
 import type { InviteLinksStore } from 'lib/types/link-types.js';
 import type { LoadingStatus } from 'lib/types/loading-types.js';
 import type { MessageStore } from 'lib/types/message-types.js';
 import type { UserPolicies } from 'lib/types/policy-types.js';
 import type { ReportStore } from 'lib/types/report-types.js';
 import type { ThreadStore } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 import type { CurrentUserInfo, UserStore } from 'lib/types/user-types.js';
 import type { NotifPermissionAlertInfo } from 'lib/utils/push-alerts.js';
 
 import type { DimensionsInfo } from './dimensions-updater.react.js';
 import type { NavInfo } from '../navigation/default-state.js';
 import type { DeviceCameraInfo } from '../types/camera.js';
 import type { ConnectivityInfo } from '../types/connectivity.js';
+import type { LocalSettings } from '../types/local-settings-types.js';
 import type { GlobalThemeInfo } from '../types/themes.js';
 
 export type AppState = {
   +navInfo: NavInfo,
   +currentUserInfo: ?CurrentUserInfo,
   +draftStore: DraftStore,
   +entryStore: EntryStore,
   +threadStore: ThreadStore,
   +userStore: UserStore,
   +messageStore: MessageStore,
   +storeLoaded: boolean,
   +loadingStatuses: { [key: string]: { [idx: number]: LoadingStatus } },
   +calendarFilters: $ReadOnlyArray<CalendarFilter>,
   +deviceToken: ?string,
   +dataLoaded: boolean,
   +customServer: ?string,
   +notifPermissionAlertInfo: NotifPermissionAlertInfo,
   +actualizedCalendarQuery: CalendarQuery,
   +watchedThreadIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   +lifecycleState: LifecycleState,
   +enabledApps: EnabledApps,
   +reportStore: ReportStore,
   +nextLocalID: number,
   +_persist: ?PersistState,
   +dimensions: DimensionsInfo,
   +connectivity: ConnectivityInfo,
   +globalThemeInfo: GlobalThemeInfo,
   +deviceCameraInfo: DeviceCameraInfo,
   +deviceOrientation: Orientations,
   +frozen: boolean,
   +userPolicies: UserPolicies,
   +commServicesAccessToken: ?string,
   +inviteLinksStore: InviteLinksStore,
   +lastCommunicatedPlatformDetails: LastCommunicatedPlatformDetails,
   +keyserverStore: KeyserverStore,
+  +localSettings: LocalSettings,
 };
diff --git a/native/types/local-settings-types.js b/native/types/local-settings-types.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3edf03b8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/types/local-settings-types.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// @flow
+
+export type LocalSettings = {
+  +isBackupEnabled: boolean,
+};