Title: Missing backups
Last modified: February 14, 2017

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# Missing backups

 *  Resolved [rebeccadearden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rebeccadearden/)
 * (@rebeccadearden)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-backups/)
 * I backup to Dropbox and recently went looking for a recent backup to restore 
   the site after a hack. I noticed that there were backups for last year up to 
   May, then nothing until two days ago. Anyone know what’s going on? Is this an
   Updraft problem or part of the hack?

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 *  Plugin Contributor [DNutbourne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dnutbourne/)
 * (@dnutbourne)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-backups/#post-8804955)
 * Hi,
 * UpdraftPlus will only retain a set number of backups, as configured in the backup
   schedule options. What are these options set to?
 * Do the backups appear in the Existing Backups tab?
    If so, could you send us 
   some of the backup log files? The contents will be too long to post here directly,
   but you can use an online service such as Pastebin, and post the links here.
 *  Thread Starter [rebeccadearden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rebeccadearden/)
 * (@rebeccadearden)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-backups/#post-8805016)
 * It was configured for two, but I’ve since changed that to 10. But it seems odd
   that old ones were there and then there was a gap with nothing – in both Dropbox
   and locally.
 * The Existing Backups tab shows the same as Dropbox – so, the one I did this afternoon
   and then seven from 2015 up to May 2016.
 * There seems to be an error with the log file, but I’ve copied the text. Not sure
   about pasting a link to that anywhere public…I’m very squeamish after today!!
 *  Plugin Contributor [DNutbourne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dnutbourne/)
 * (@dnutbourne)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-backups/#post-8809491)
 * Hi,
 * It appears that the last two backups were retained as set, with the older backups
   being deleted.
 * I would guess that the remaining backups from before May were not in UpdraftPlus’
   records (or marked as from a different site), so were not pruned as part of the
   backup process.

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-backups/#post-8809491)
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