# Gibt es einen Grund, warum tägliche Backups an Größe verlieren?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [3. August 2018 um 13:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-reason-why-daily-backups-would-see-a-reduction-in-size/93845 "2018-08-03T13:19:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/astonj/32/215041_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Post date:** [17. August 2018 um 17:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-reason-why-daily-backups-would-see-a-reduction-in-size/93845/14 "2018-08-17T17:22:35Z")

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Sam, I’ve been thinking about why our backup is so big when we don’t really have that many images uploaded… I think it might be because of the welcome DiscourseBot.

From what I remember, it asks users to upload photos to help familiarise them with the upload system. I’m wondering, would it be a good idea to have Discourse automatically delete these PMs (and all uploads inside them) after 2 or 3 months after registration?

It seems a waste hosting these uploads when they are not going to be seen by anyone and are effectively for testing purposes only… what do you think?

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