Title: Updraft’s Temporary Directory
Last modified: August 7, 2023

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# Updraft’s Temporary Directory

 *  Resolved [Ed Woods](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webguywithwebtie/)
 * (@webguywithwebtie)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updrafts-temporary-directory/)
 * Backups are terminating too fast. Looking into the log file it states “Free space
   on disk containing Updraft’s temporary directory: 694015.4 MB” …
 * So where is this TEMPORARY Directory? The /wp-content/updraft/ directory where
   the backups get stored has on 600MB in it.

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 *  Thread Starter [Ed Woods](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webguywithwebtie/)
 * (@webguywithwebtie)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updrafts-temporary-directory/#post-16953884)
 * And how do I clear out the TEMPORARY Directory?
 *  Plugin Contributor [bcrodua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcrodua/)
 * (@bcrodua)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updrafts-temporary-directory/#post-16956666)
 * Hi,
 * This /wp-content/updraft/ is the backup directory of UpdraftPlus. The backups
   will be pruned and deleted depending on your backup retention setting. You can
   customize this in the UpdraftPlus “Settings” tab, depending on how many backups
   you want to keep.
 * Thanks,
   Bryle
 *  Thread Starter [Ed Woods](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webguywithwebtie/)
 * (@webguywithwebtie)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updrafts-temporary-directory/#post-16960080)
 * Hey Bryle,
 * Thanks for the reply. I see the /wp-content/updraft/ under the httpdocs area …
   However, this directory only has 600MB of backup in it. Doesnt seem to me to 
   be a TEMPORARY backup location since my backup files are there PERMANENTLY unless
   I delete them. The message I receive states “Updraft’s temporary directory: 694015.4
   MB” so where is this TEMPORARY directory and how do I clear it?
 *  Plugin Support [vupdraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vupdraft/)
 * (@vupdraft)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updrafts-temporary-directory/#post-16972576)
 * The temporary folders are stored in the wp-content/updraft directory of your 
   site along with your backup files (if you have not selected the option to “Delete
   local backups”

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 * Last activity: [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updrafts-temporary-directory/#post-16972576)
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