Title: backup folder
Last modified: February 16, 2017

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# backup folder

 *  Resolved [juan7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juan7/)
 * (@juan7)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-folder-2/)
 * Hello,
 * the backup folder takes up disk space? you can empty the backup folder?
 * Thanks

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 *  Plugin Author [ShortPixel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shortpixel/)
 * (@shortpixel)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-folder-2/#post-8815420)
 * Hi,
    thanks for your message 🙂
 * Yes, the backup folder takes up disk space if backups are activated.
    And yes,
   you can empty the backup space from _Settings/ShortPixel_ and then inside “Statistics”
   tab at the bottom is an “Empty Backups” button.
 * Best regards,
    Alex

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