diff --git a/mobile/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/mobile/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 78768505..e694330c 100644
--- a/mobile/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/mobile/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
     <application
         android:name=".App"
         android:allowBackup="false"
+        android:dataExtractionRules="@xml/no_backup"
         android:label="@string/app_name"
         android:banner="@mipmap/banner"
         android:hasFragileUserData="true"
diff --git a/mobile/src/main/res/xml/no_backup.xml b/mobile/src/main/res/xml/no_backup.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e2c649f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/src/main/res/xml/no_backup.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<data-extraction-rules>
+    <cloud-backup>
+        <include domain="file" path="nonexistent" />
+    </cloud-backup>
+    <device-transfer>
+        <include domain="file" path="nonexistent" />
+    </device-transfer>
+</data-extraction-rules>