Title: Delete backup files?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Delete backup files?

 *  [kenspear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kenspear/)
 * (@kenspear)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-backup-files/)
 * Hello there,
 * Is it ok if I delete some of the backup files in /wp-content/backup/ ? Cos I 
   realized there are several corrupted files and also, there are simply so many
   of them it is slowly taking up space. If I delete them will it harm my wordpress
   system?
 * Thanks in advance!
 * Regards,
    Kenneth

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-backup-files/#post-453643)
 * Go for it. But please make sure you are getting good backups.
 *  [Roland Rust](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpdprx/)
 * (@wpdprx)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-backup-files/#post-454063)
 * For the purpose of haveing good Backups and keeping just the recent ones I created
   this plugin:
    [http://wordpress.designpraxis.at/plugins/backupwordpress/](http://wordpress.designpraxis.at/plugins/backupwordpress/)
 *  [Trent Adams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trent/)
 * (@trent)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-backup-files/#post-454064)
 * Are you gonna post that link on every post in the forums that have to deal with
   backup files and tagged “backup”?
 * Trent

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