Title: Backupwordpress files TOO HUGE!
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Backupwordpress files TOO HUGE!

 *  Resolved [ray_from_la](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ray_from_la/)
 * (@ray_from_la)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupwordpress-files-too-huge/)
 * Hi, last few days (this seems to coincide with my updating to 3.4.3 Backupwordpress
   but maybe not), my backup files have become HUGE. They were under 100mg before
   and now they’re supposed 2GB. I say supposedly because when I try to download
   the big files, I get a “File can’t be found” link. Here are a couple of screenshots
   to show you what I mean:
 * [http://i.imgur.com/YAH8DQc.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/YAH8DQc.jpg)
 * > [View post on imgur.com](https://imgur.com/V1phTOZ)
 * I’ve checked my spam box so it’s not excessive # of spam mail that’s causing 
   the sudden 20x jump in size. Can someone help me? This is really frustrating.
   Thanks!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/backupwordpress/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backupwordpress/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Katrina “Kat” Moody](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katmoody/)
 * (@katmoody)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupwordpress-files-too-huge/#post-7032707)
 * Hi there – we think this might be due to another bug the developers have been
   working to fix. Would you be willing to try the beta version to see if it fixes
   the issue for you?
 * [https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/backupwordpress.3.4.4-beta.zip](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/backupwordpress.3.4.4-beta.zip)
 * Thanks and please let us know if it works for you!
    Kat
 *  [phidippides](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phidippides/)
 * (@phidippides)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupwordpress-files-too-huge/#post-7032734)
 * I discovered I had the same problem. Backups became bloated sometime between 
   January 31 and February 7 – around 9x or more compared to what it was supposed
   to be. I tried out the 3.4.4 beta and that seemed to fix the problem. Thanks!
 *  Plugin Contributor [Katrina “Kat” Moody](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katmoody/)
 * (@katmoody)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupwordpress-files-too-huge/#post-7032735)
 * Thank you [@phidippides](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phidippides/) for
   checking in to let us know that the beta worked well for you! Still hoping to
   hear from the original poster to see if it worked for them!
 * Kat
 *  [miraimatt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miraimatt/)
 * (@miraimatt)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupwordpress-files-too-huge/#post-7032736)
 * I had this same problem and the beta version fixed it for me too. Thank you!
 *  Thread Starter [ray_from_la](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ray_from_la/)
 * (@ray_from_la)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupwordpress-files-too-huge/#post-7032737)
 * Thanks. The beta version fixes everything!
 *  Plugin Contributor [Katrina “Kat” Moody](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katmoody/)
 * (@katmoody)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupwordpress-files-too-huge/#post-7032745)
 * Thanks so much for letting us know! That’s great to know!

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 * Last reply from: [Katrina “Kat” Moody](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katmoody/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupwordpress-files-too-huge/#post-7032745)
 * Status: resolved