Title: Drop Table
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Drop Table

 *  Resolved [Anthyx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anthyx/)
 * (@anthyx)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/drop-table/)
 * Hi,
 * first of all congratulations for your great plugin.
 * I need to know if the plugin DB backups (sent to Dropbox), include the “Add Drop
   Table” option.
    It’s an option that I usually select in phpMyAdmin when I manually
   export the DB. It seems to be necessary in order to complete a correct restore.
 * Many thanks in advance.
 * Antonio
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Anthyx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anthyx/)
 * (@anthyx)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/drop-table/#post-5461198)
 * Hi again,
 * I need if possible another info: UpdraftPlus exports DB in a file called:
    “backup_2014-
   11-07-0954…_8b4a400fe5d0-db” .. is this a “.sql” file?
 * Eventually, if I need to import it in phpMyAdmin, can i rename this file and 
   compress in in a “.sql.zip” file?
 * Many thanks in advance.
 * Antonio
 *  Plugin Author [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/)
 * (@davidanderson)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/drop-table/#post-5461361)
 * Hi Anthyx,
 * It can be imported in phpMyAdmin directly; you don’t need to do anything with
   it. See this FAQ: [https://updraftplus.com/faqs/what-format-are-backups-made-in-is-it-nasty-and-proprietary/](https://updraftplus.com/faqs/what-format-are-backups-made-in-is-it-nasty-and-proprietary/)
 * Yes, it has “DROP TABLE” commands – which you can verify by decompressing it 
   and reading it (use 7-zip from 7-zip.org).
 * Best wishes,
    David

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/drop-table/#post-5461361)
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