Title: [Plugin: BackupWordPress] backups "backup" folder Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # [Plugin: BackupWordPress] backups "backup" folder * Resolved [shestakovss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shestakovss/) * (@shestakovss) * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupwordpress-backups-backup-folder/) * Hi! I use BackupWordPress plugin. Backup size increase from 8MB to 90MB week ago. I download one backup file and extract it. I see that archive file include backup folder, \wp-content\backup and include all previous backup files. How I can exclude backup folder from backup? Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) * Plugin Author [Tom Willmot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willmot/) * (@willmot) * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupwordpress-backups-backup-folder/#post-2128184) * Hi shestakovss, * Sorry about that, your best bet is to just copy all the files from the /backup directory into the /backups directory and then delete the /backup directory. * I’ll automate that process in the next release so that old backup folders are automatically migrated. Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) The topic ‘[Plugin: BackupWordPress] backups "backup" folder’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/backupwordpress/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=1105225) * [BackUpWordPress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backupwordpress/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backupwordpress/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backupwordpress/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backupwordpress/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backupwordpress/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backupwordpress/reviews/) * 1 reply * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Tom Willmot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willmot/) * Last activity: [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupwordpress-backups-backup-folder/#post-2128184) * Status: resolved