Title: changing permissions
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# changing permissions

 *  [ratinski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ratinski/)
 * (@ratinski)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permissions/)
 * For security reasons, I’m changing the permissions on all my folders. However,
   for two of them (Cache and backup) it doesn’t seem to accept that. I recall that
   cache doesn’t contain essential data, so I’m not concerned with that, but I’m
   not sure about backup. Is there a reason the permissions can’t be changed, and
   what would be the consequences of getting rid of the folder entirely?

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permissions/#post-410530)
 * Cache you can stop if you wanted – it’s off be default on new installs but was
   on for previous installs.
    To switch it off, put this is inside wp-config.php:`
   define('DISABLE_CACHE', true);` Following that you should be able to delete or
   change permissions.
 * Backup. If you do not use the plugin with WP
    OR your download your backups**
   then delete the folder or make it unwritable then ignore the warnings the plugin
   will make.
 * **because leaving backups of your data on a server in case the server crashes
   is ….. pointless really

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