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gyanarthi
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago
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Can I back up my website to Dropbox and make sure the old backup is overwritten?

I'm on the free plan to back up my website. I only need to retain the new backup and have the old one deleted each time a new one is added. Can I do that?
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    2 years ago
    gyanarthi wrote:

    Hi Nancy... thats correct, I Use MPMU DEV snapsot plugin upload them both..

    In terms of how the backup tool works that's something you will need to speak to the developer of the app for I'm afraid. Dropbox has no control over that. 

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Walter
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2 years ago

Hey there gyanarthi - thanks for using Dropbox and welcome to our Community!
 

Can you walk us through the exact steps you'll be doing this so that we can advise further?

 

If this is going to be a single file, for example, you can upload new versions of it and delete the old ones as you go.

 

In any case, please let us know more information and we'll take it from there.

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gyanarthi
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Hi walter...my site is backed up daily to another site... and to dropbox at the same time. I suppose I could just stop the automatic backup and do it manually to dropox. i dont want to add another plugin. Is there another way to do it ?

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    Nancy
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    2 years ago

    Hi gyanarthi, hope you don’t mind if I chime in. To back up your website to Dropbox, are you using a specific third-party app/plugin? You don't upload your backups to Dropbox manually each time, correct?

    • gyanarthi's avatar
      gyanarthi
      Explorer | Level 3
      2 years ago

      Hi Nancy... thats correct, I Use MPMU DEV snapsot plugin upload them both..

      • Mark's avatar
        Mark
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        2 years ago
        gyanarthi wrote:

        Hi Nancy... thats correct, I Use MPMU DEV snapsot plugin upload them both..

        In terms of how the backup tool works that's something you will need to speak to the developer of the app for I'm afraid. Dropbox has no control over that. 

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