Title: Trash remote backups
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Trash remote backups

 *  Resolved [Amibe Websites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amibe/)
 * (@amibe)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trash-remote-backups/)
 * Feature request (or is it a bug?).
 * When deleting a backup and removing the file from external storage it would be
   preferable to ‘trash’ it in remote storage rather than removing it completely.
   The one I’m using is Google Drive.
 * The reason is that in the undesirable (and hopefully highly unlikely) event a
   malicious person is able to access the administrator it would be a great relief
   to know that they cannot completely delete all the backups. At least if one is
   able, in the worst case scenario, to log directly into Google Drive and fetch
   the most recent backup out of trash, happiness can be restored.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [DNutbourne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dnutbourne/)
 * (@dnutbourne)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trash-remote-backups/#post-7682309)
 * Hi,
 * UpdraftPlus deletes the backups completely because not all remote storage locations
   have the ability to ‘trash’ files, and we try to keep the experience as consistent
   as possible.
 * However, we will look into the possibility of this feature for the future
 *  Thread Starter [Amibe Websites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amibe/)
 * (@amibe)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trash-remote-backups/#post-7682310)
 * Hi, wonderful, thank you for replying and taking the suggestion into consideration.

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trash-remote-backups/#post-7682310)
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