diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index ad87057a8dad..83f71c023bf8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     <application
         android:name="com.duckduckgo.app.global.DuckDuckGoApplication"
         android:backupAgent="com.duckduckgo.app.backup.agent.impl.DuckDuckGoBackupAgent"
+        android:fullBackupOnly="false"
         android:icon="${appIcon}"
         android:label="@string/appName"
         android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config"
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@
         android:theme="@style/Theme.DuckDuckGo.Light"
         android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true"
         tools:ignore="GoogleAppIndexingWarning">
+        <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.backup.api_key"
+                   android:value="unused" />
         <meta-data
             android:name="android.webkit.WebView.MetricsOptOut"
             android:value="true" />