Title: Backups
Last modified: May 7, 2025

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# Backups

 *  Resolved [Carley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carleycwddcomau/)
 * (@carleycwddcomau)
 * [11 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backups-16/)
 * Hello, can you please tell me why Updraft is saving so many zip files for one
   backup?
 * For one website back up it has generated 5 “uploads.zip” files, and each file
   size ranges from about 300MB to 400MB.
 * It’s taking up a lot of space on my Google Drive.
 * Thanks, Carley

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 *  Plugin Support [nrobertsudp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nrobertsudp/)
 * (@nrobertsudp)
 * [11 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backups-16/#post-18454212)
 * Hi Carley,
   When you create a backup big folders are split into smaller files 
   for transfer.You can adjust the size of these files but it won’t change the combined
   size.In your Settings under Expert settings you have a Split archive every option.
   Here you can define the size of the .zip files used when backups are created.
   In your example the uploads backup set seems to use a default 400MB split.To 
   reduce the number of files you could set a larger Split archive every size.However,
   this change will make little or no difference to overall backup size.The backup
   size is defined by the amount of content you have to back up.Best regards,Nick
 *  Thread Starter [Carley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carleycwddcomau/)
 * (@carleycwddcomau)
 * [11 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backups-16/#post-18455653)
 * Thanks for that Nick. 
   When I go to do a backup and it gives you several tick
   boxes, what happens if I select “Send this backup to remote storage ([…](https://www.lachrivermerinos.com.au/wp-admin/options-general.php?scope=userinfo.profile+drive.file))”?
 * Does this mean the backup will only be saved to the method I have selected under
   Settings?
 * Or will it also be saved to the website’s server?
 * Thanks, Carley
 *  Plugin Support [nrobertsudp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nrobertsudp/)
 * (@nrobertsudp)
 * [11 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backups-16/#post-18455982)
 * Hi Carley,
   Thank you very much, I’m happy to help.There’s a setting which prevents
   your backups being stored locally on your site server.Settings >> Expert settings
   >> Delete local backups. Tick the box, click ‘Save Changes’.When you do a manual
   backup and select ‘Send to remote…’ it will do just that for you.However, to 
   make sure the backup isn’t stored locally please use the settings as above.If
   you have backups scheduled and a remote storage option selected, same rules apply.
   When the backup is sent to the remote storage the local copy will be deleted 
   afterwards.I hope this information is helpful to you.Best regards,Nick

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