# Add option to name backups **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-option-to-name-backups/15523 **Category:** Feature **Created:** [2014年五月10日 18:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-option-to-name-backups/15523 "2014-05-10T18:28:17Z") **Posts on this page:** 4 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen) #### Post date: [2014年五月10日 18:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-option-to-name-backups/15523/1 "2014-05-10T18:28:17Z")
I have been playing with my site and am realizing that I will be making activeuse of the backup/restore system. But I don’t know what each backup is that I am looking at - would be very helpful to see whether it’s an automated daily backup or a backup that I made just before testing some new feature. So an ability to name the backup or describe it as I create it would be helpful, and a name and timestamp of daily backup as well. ---
### Author: ![dandv](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dandv/32/169779_2.png) [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv) #### Post date: [2015年九月23日 08:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-option-to-name-backups/15523/2 "2015-09-23T08:40:47Z")
👍 Discourse backups are super easy to make and restore, but their names (timestamps) can be cryptic when you make backups often while changing various things on the site. I can’t remember precisely which of these is the backup before upgrading to 1.5.0 beta, and which is the one before I ran an API script. ```plaintext quantified-self-forum-2015-09-23-083352.tar.gz 8.9 MB Download Restore quantified-self-forum-2015-09-23-040000.tar.gz 8.7 MB Download Restore quantified-self-forum-2015-09-22-094309.tar.gz 8.7 MB Download Restore ``` Labels/notes for backups would be great. ---
### Author: ![Grex315](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/grex315/32/115868_2.png) [@Grex315](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Grex315) #### Post date: [2016年一月6日 18:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-option-to-name-backups/15523/3 "2016-01-06T18:33:46Z")
I would like to see this feature as well. I would like the ability to alter the naming scheme used for backups. ---
### Author: ![chapoi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/32/537252_2.png) [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi) #### Post date: [2025年十二月4日 11:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-option-to-name-backups/15523/4 "2025-12-04T11:14:23Z")