Title: Updraft creating too many backups
Last modified: April 9, 2024

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# Updraft creating too many backups

 *  Resolved Anonymous User
 * (@anonymized-14024346)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraft-creating-too-many-backups/)
 * Hi,
 * I use updraft to backup the site for my client, and it’s set to retain 5 in the
   settings, but today the client told me updraft had used all the space of their
   hosting
 * I checked and there were 31 backups listed. The settings are correct and I don’t
   have any caching plugin installed that could be messing with it.
 * please assist.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fupdraft-creating-too-many-backups%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [pbevanudp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pbevanudp/)
 * (@pbevanudp)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraft-creating-too-many-backups/#post-17562736)
 * Hello,
   Please could you share the latest backup log file via [pastebin.com](http://pastebin.com)?
   You can find it by clicking the **View Log** button in the **Backup / Restore
   >> Existing backups** section next to the backup in question. Is the intended
   behaviour to save the backups to a remote storage location and/or their web space?

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