Centriq shut down — how to rebuild your home inventory (and never lose it again)
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Centriq shut down on January 31, 2026 and deleted user accounts with it, so there is no export left to recover — a rebuilt inventory has to come from your email, your camera roll and your retailer order history. Before trusting the next app with years of nameplates and receipts, check that it has an export button you can press yourself, today.
Centriq — the app many US homeowners used to track appliances, manuals and recalls — shut down on January 31, 2026. Accounts were deleted with the shutdown, so for most people the records themselves are gone. If you kept years of nameplates, receipts and service notes in it, that stings, and it's worth saying plainly: your records should never be hostage to any one app's survival — including ours.
First: check whether you still have anything
There is no Centriq export to recover, because the accounts went with the service. What you can recover lives outside the app, and three places account for most of it.
- Search your email for old Centriq exports, purchase receipts, or recall notices — these often contain the model and serial numbers you'll want again.
- Photos you took for Centriq may still be in your phone's camera roll — nameplate close-ups are the most valuable thing to find.
- Order histories (Amazon, Home Depot, Lowe's, Best Buy) reconstruct purchase dates and models for anything bought online.
What to demand from any replacement
One item on this list is non-negotiable: a data export you can run yourself, without opening a support ticket. Everything else follows from the same principle — your records should outlive whichever app happens to be holding them.
- Data export, anytime, in an open format — not a support ticket, a button. If an app can't show you the export button before you commit, don't commit.
- Real backups — ask how the service backs up your data, and how often.
- A free tier that doesn't hold your records hostage when you stop paying.
- Whole-home scope — appliances AND property-level upkeep (HVAC service, water heater flush, gutters), because the reminders are where the value is.
- Family sharing — a home's records belong to the household, not one phone.
How Your Home Docket handles those
Point by point, and honestly — we're a small free product, so our answer to “what if you shut down too” is an export button you can press right now, not a promise about the future.
- Export everything, anytime: Account → "Download my data" gives you a single JSON file with every home, item, service record and contact. No ticket, no waiting.
- Nightly backups, independent of the live database, with 90 days of restore points.
- Free. Track your appliances, warranties, service history and receipts, share with your family, and get reminders before things are due.
- It covers the whole home — items and recurring upkeep — and reminders arrive by email every Monday when something actually needs attention.
Rebuilding is faster than you think
You don't need to type it all back in. Walk through the house and photograph each appliance's nameplate or front — the app reads the photo and fills in what it can (brand, model, category). A receipt or invoice photo works too, including the purchase date and warranty. For everything else, type a quick list — "fridge, washer, water heater, HVAC" — and sort out details later. A typical home is back in the system in an evening.
Common questions
Can I still get my data out of Centriq?
No. Centriq shut down on January 31, 2026 and user accounts were deleted with it, so there is no login left and no export to retrieve. Anything you recover will come from outside the app — old email receipts, nameplate photos in your camera roll, and retailer order histories.
What is the best free alternative to Centriq?
Judge candidates on three things rather than a brand name: a self-service data export you can run without asking support, family sharing so the records aren't stuck on one phone, and coverage of whole-home upkeep rather than appliances alone. Your Home Docket is free and does all three. Other home-inventory apps exist and are worth comparing — just check each one's export before you put a year of records into it.
What should I photograph when rebuilding an inventory?
The nameplate — the sticker carrying brand, model and serial number, usually on the back, inside the door, or along a side panel. That single photo holds almost everything a future warranty claim or parts order will ask for. Add the receipt where you can find one, since that sets the date the warranty period counts from.
How long does it take to rebuild a home inventory?
An evening for a typical home. Walk room to room photographing each nameplate, then type a quick list for anything without a readable plate. Purchase dates and warranty details can be filled in afterwards from email receipts, so the walk-through itself doesn't have to be exhaustive.
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