Title: Lock a backup
Last modified: February 13, 2024

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# Lock a backup

 *  Resolved [Kim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gkkb3/)
 * (@gkkb3)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lock-a-backup/)
 * I used to be able to lock a backup to make sure it cannot be deleted, but that
   options doesn’t seem to be available now. Should I be looking somewhere specific
   to take this action? By selecting the backup file, I only get the option to delete…

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 *  Plugin Support [vupdraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vupdraft/)
 * (@vupdraft)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lock-a-backup/#post-17421758)
 * To lock an existing backup, double click on the backup time/data and you can 
   check a box that appears to lock it.
 * To lock a backup thats about to be made, after you have pressed the blue backup
   now button in the backup /restore tab, check the option to  “Only allow this 
   backup to be deleted manually (i.e. keep it even if retention limits are hit)”

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 * Last activity: [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lock-a-backup/#post-17421758)
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