Title: WordPress Backup Folder-Cleaning
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# WordPress Backup Folder-Cleaning

 *  [William Teach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/william-teach/)
 * (@william-teach)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-backup-folder-cleaning/)
 * I’ve tried hunting around in the forum and on the net, but, just not getting 
   the answer I want.
 * I have a folder labeled backup for my WP installation, which resides in the wp-
   content folder. There are a lot of files within the backup folder which end with.
   sql. Is it OK to delete most of them? They take up a lot of space.
 * Any help is appreciated.

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-backup-folder-cleaning/#post-7189435)
 * It would be reasonable to assume these are your backup files. Are you sure you
   want to delete your backup files? These files are not normally generated by WordPress.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 1 reply
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 * Last reply from: [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-backup-folder-cleaning/#post-7189435)
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