Title: Backup folder
Last modified: April 8, 2025

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# Backup folder

 *  [jkacher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jkacher/)
 * (@jkacher)
 * [1 year, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-folder-4/)
 * Hello, I created the /wpdata_backup/ folder and specified it in the local file
   system (I presume local to the server). The screen does not take the folder name
   location, perhaps I need to specify some path?

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Kim L](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kimmyx/)
 * (@kimmyx)
 * [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-folder-4/#post-18407153)
 * Hi [@jkacher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jkacher/),
 * Thanks for the post.
 * For local backups, please make sure to put the **full path** to the folder you
   are trying to write to and that it has write permissions.
 * If that doesn’t work, you can use the repository backup in **WP Data Access**
   > **Settings** > **Repository** as a temporary backup solution.
 * See here: [https://share.zight.com/Kouk8re4](https://share.zight.com/Kouk8re4)
 * Peter is planning to improve backup solutions in the future but we don’t have
   an ETA yet. 🙏
 * Hope this helps! Let us know if you have more questions.
 *  Thread Starter [jkacher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jkacher/)
 * (@jkacher)
 * [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-folder-4/#post-18410817)
 * I created the folder [https://onlinecheckerslibrary.com/wpdata_backup/](https://onlinecheckerslibrary.com/wpdata_backup/),
   it has all 7 as permission, cannot activate, says ERROR: Invalid folder
 *  Plugin Contributor [Kim L](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kimmyx/)
 * (@kimmyx)
 * [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-folder-4/#post-18411334)
 * Hi [@jkacher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jkacher/),
 * Local File System backups are often used on local installs, not hosted installs
   as there could be limits.
 * For reference, a full path would look something like: `C:\Users\xxx\Local Sites\
   wpdataaccessk\app\public\wp-content\uploads\wp-data-access\backups\`
 * You can opt to use the **Repository** route as we suggested previously.
 * Let us know if that helps and if you have other questions. 🙏

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