Title: backup.sql
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# backup.sql

 *  [affysucks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/affysucks/)
 * (@affysucks)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupsql/)
 * I install wordpress via fantastico.
 * 1. Is it okay to delete the backup.sql from the /wordpress/ directory?
    2. How
   do I know if thats the most recent backup? 3. How often is the backup.sql file
   created?

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 *  [Glenn Ansley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blepoxp/)
 * (@blepoxp)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupsql/#post-553435)
 * From what I’ve read, you generally don’t want to keep backups on your server 
   anyway. It contains passwords/etc. I would suggest you FTP it down and then delete
   any backups you find on your server.
 *  [Roland Rust](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpdprx/)
 * (@wpdprx)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupsql/#post-553791)
 * Anyone hitting this unresolved thread: try [http://wordpress.designpraxis.at/plugins/backupwordpress/](http://wordpress.designpraxis.at/plugins/backupwordpress/)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Roland Rust](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpdprx/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupsql/#post-553791)
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