Title: Create Backup Directory
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Create Backup Directory

 *  [Marc Decroux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcdecroux/)
 * (@marcdecroux)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-backup-directory/)
 * Hello !
 * I installed the Acunetix WP Security Backup, but it impossible to make a backup
   of the database. A red message is telling me “Important: The backups directory
   MUST be writable in order to use this feature!”
 * Where is this directory, and what about its name and permission?
 * Your help will be very appreciated…
 * Thanks in advance.
 * Marc
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