Title: Updraft Creates Multiple “Uploads” Files
Last modified: March 24, 2020

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# Updraft Creates Multiple “Uploads” Files

 *  Resolved [clarkag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clarkag/)
 * (@clarkag)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraft-creates-multiple-uploads-files/)
 * I have Updraft set to upload to my Dropbox. Everything works great except it 
   creates four different zip files for my Uploads backup and labels them “uploads,
   uploads2, uploads3, uploads4”
 * The full names are below, for clarification:
 * backup_2020-03-24-1801_Bucksaw_Creative_bf7c235badbe-uploads.zip
    backup_2020-
   03-24-1801_Bucksaw_Creative_bf7c235badbe-uploads2.zip backup_2020-03-24-1801_Bucksaw_Creative_bf7c235badbe-
   uploads3.zip backup_2020-03-24-1801_Bucksaw_Creative_bf7c235badbe-uploads4.zip
 * The other backup files such as database, others, themes, and plugins all have
   only one backup file each.
 * Can anyone explain why this is happening?

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 *  Plugin Contributor [aporter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aporter/)
 * (@aporter)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraft-creates-multiple-uploads-files/#post-12581806)
 * Hi,
 * UpdraftPlus will split large backup entities into more manageable chunks by default
   this is 400Mb chunks.
 * This is so we don’t have to upload and download very large files, which can be
   a problem on cheap hosting.
 * As the uploads directory can get quite large, this means that most sites will
   have multiple uploads backup zips.
 * So this is nothing to worry about and is expected.
 * Best Wishes,
 * Ashley
 *  Thread Starter [clarkag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clarkag/)
 * (@clarkag)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraft-creates-multiple-uploads-files/#post-12583397)
 * Ah that makes sense. Thanks for making it clear!
 * So in my Dropbox, which has backups from several different backup sessions, I
   see a long list of various backup files. I have to carefully look at the dates
   to see which ones are from the same session.
 * Is there any way to set Updraft to save each session in its own folder with the
   date?
 * It seems other backup plugins create one file per backup. However I am not to
   judge if this is better.
 *  Plugin Contributor [aporter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aporter/)
 * (@aporter)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraft-creates-multiple-uploads-files/#post-12586474)
 * Hi,
 * That is not possible sorry.
 * In the UpdraftPlus settings you should see a list of existing backups where they
   will be sorted by backup time for easier viewing.
 * Best Wishes,
 * Ashley

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