# Backup location

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-location/100397>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Tags:** backups, new-feature\
**Created:** [October 24, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-location/100397 "2018-10-24T21:25:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![RBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-location/100397/8 "2019-03-14T00:48:01Z")

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Clarification on how this works when settings are changed:

1. When once switches from S3 to Local or vice versa, do the existing backups get transferred or are they removed or are they left alone?
2. When one see’s the list of backups in the Backup page is there a way to tell the location or are they all from the selected location in the setting?
3. What is the meaning of this setting given that backups are no longer “synced” and either on S3 or Local? `Disable the removal of backups from S3 when removed locally.`

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