diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat.hs
index 3f5fbcd3f5..d40e7ab302 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat.hs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import qualified Data.Map.Strict as M
 import Data.Maybe (catMaybes, fromMaybe, isJust, isNothing, listToMaybe, mapMaybe, maybeToList)
 import Data.Text (Text)
 import qualified Data.Text as T
-import Data.Time (NominalDiffTime, addUTCTime)
+import Data.Time (NominalDiffTime, addUTCTime, defaultTimeLocale, formatTime)
 import Data.Time.Clock (UTCTime, diffUTCTime, getCurrentTime, nominalDiffTimeToSeconds)
 import Data.Time.Clock.System (SystemTime, systemToUTCTime)
 import Data.Time.LocalTime (getCurrentTimeZone, getZonedTime)
@@ -354,6 +354,10 @@ processChatCommand = \case
     asks incognitoMode >>= atomically . (`writeTVar` onOff)
     ok_
   APIExportArchive cfg -> checkChatStopped $ exportArchive cfg >> ok_
+  ExportArchive -> do
+    ts <- liftIO getCurrentTime
+    let filePath = "simplex-chat." <> formatTime defaultTimeLocale "%FT%H%M%SZ" ts <> ".zip"
+    processChatCommand $ APIExportArchive $ ArchiveConfig filePath Nothing Nothing
   APIImportArchive cfg -> withStoreChanged $ importArchive cfg
   APIDeleteStorage -> withStoreChanged deleteStorage
   APIStorageEncryption cfg -> withStoreChanged $ sqlCipherExport cfg
@@ -3974,8 +3978,9 @@ chatCommandP =
       "/_app activate" $> APIActivateChat,
       "/_app suspend " *> (APISuspendChat <$> A.decimal),
       "/_resubscribe all" $> ResubscribeAllConnections,
-      "/_files_folder " *> (SetFilesFolder <$> filePath),
+      ("/_files_folder " <|> "/files_folder ") *> (SetFilesFolder <$> filePath),
       "/_db export " *> (APIExportArchive <$> jsonP),
+      "/db export" $> ExportArchive,
       "/_db import " *> (APIImportArchive <$> jsonP),
       "/_db delete" $> APIDeleteStorage,
       "/_db encryption " *> (APIStorageEncryption <$> jsonP),
@@ -4067,6 +4072,7 @@ chatCommandP =
       ("/help address" <|> "/ha") $> ChatHelp HSMyAddress,
       ("/help messages" <|> "/hm") $> ChatHelp HSMessages,
       ("/help settings" <|> "/hs") $> ChatHelp HSSettings,
+      ("/help db" <|> "/hd") $> ChatHelp HSDatabase,
       ("/help" <|> "/h") $> ChatHelp HSMain,
       ("/group " <|> "/g ") *> char_ '#' *> (NewGroup <$> groupProfile),
       "/_group " *> (APINewGroup <$> A.decimal <* A.space <*> jsonP),
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Controller.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Controller.hs
index e9b499de00..103fbb0575 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Controller.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Controller.hs
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ data ChatController = ChatController
     logFilePath :: Maybe FilePath
   }
 
-data HelpSection = HSMain | HSFiles | HSGroups | HSContacts | HSMyAddress | HSMarkdown | HSMessages | HSSettings
+data HelpSection = HSMain | HSFiles | HSGroups | HSContacts | HSMyAddress | HSMarkdown | HSMessages | HSSettings | HSDatabase
   deriving (Show, Generic)
 
 instance ToJSON HelpSection where
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ data ChatCommand
   | SetFilesFolder FilePath
   | SetIncognito Bool
   | APIExportArchive ArchiveConfig
+  | ExportArchive
   | APIImportArchive ArchiveConfig
   | APIDeleteStorage
   | APIStorageEncryption DBEncryptionConfig
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Help.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Help.hs
index 7334b32a8e..37770d1bd1 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Help.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Help.hs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ module Simplex.Chat.Help
     messagesHelpInfo,
     markdownInfo,
     settingsInfo,
+    databaseHelpInfo,
   )
 where
 
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ chatHelpInfo =
       green "Create your address: " <> highlight "/address",
       "",
       green "Other commands:",
-      indent <> highlight "/help <topic>    " <> " - help on: " <> listHighlight ["groups", "contacts", "messages", "files", "address", "settings"],
+      indent <> highlight "/help <topic>    " <> " - help on: " <> listHighlight ["groups", "contacts", "messages", "files", "address", "settings", "db"],
       indent <> highlight "/profile         " <> " - show / update user profile",
       indent <> highlight "/delete <contact>" <> " - delete contact and all messages with them",
       indent <> highlight "/chats           " <> " - most recent chats",
@@ -276,3 +277,17 @@ settingsInfo =
       indent <> highlight "/get stats               " <> " - get usage statistics",
       indent <> highlight "/reset stats             " <> " - reset usage statistics"
     ]
+
+databaseHelpInfo :: [StyledString]
+databaseHelpInfo =
+  map
+    styleMarkdown
+      [ green "Database export:",
+        indent <> highlight "/db export             " <> " - create database export file that can be imported in mobile apps",
+        indent <> highlight "/files_folder <path>   " <> " - set files folder path to include app files in the exported archive",
+        "",
+        green "Database encryption:",
+        indent <> highlight "/db encrypt <key>      " <> " - encrypt chat database with key/passphrase",
+        indent <> highlight "/db key <current> <new>" <> " - change the key of the encrypted app database",
+        indent <> highlight "/db decrypt <key>      " <> " - decrypt chat database"
+      ]
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs
index 0535e5a464..9f9524ccfd 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ responseToView user_ ChatConfig {logLevel, testView} liveItems ts = \case
     HSMessages -> messagesHelpInfo
     HSMarkdown -> markdownInfo
     HSSettings -> settingsInfo
+    HSDatabase -> databaseHelpInfo
   CRWelcome user -> chatWelcome user
   CRContactsList u cs -> ttyUser u $ viewContactsList cs
   CRUserContactLink u UserContactLink {connReqContact, autoAccept} -> ttyUser u $ connReqContact_ "Your chat address:" connReqContact <> autoAcceptStatus_ autoAccept