# Prevent deletion of backups from interface

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-deletion-of-backups-from-interface/226173>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [May 5, 2022, 12:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-deletion-of-backups-from-interface/226173 "2022-05-05T00:42:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![MarcP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/marcp/32/160184_2.png) [@MarcP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarcP)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-deletion-of-backups-from-interface/226173/5 "2022-05-06T22:08:35Z")

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> [@pfaffman](#):
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> then change your S3 permissions so that Discourse can’t delete them.

This might be an alternative. However in my case I use Vultr Object storage where this is not an option. I might check out other services, or just go with an rclone transfer to GDrive as a failover solution.

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