# Add option to name backups

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-option-to-name-backups/15523>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [10.Май.2014 18:28:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-option-to-name-backups/15523 "2014-05-10T18:28:17Z")\
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**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:** [23.Сентябрь.2015 08:40:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-option-to-name-backups/15523/2 "2015-09-23T08:40:47Z")

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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.

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