# Using s3: "backup with uploads" settings

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-s3-backup-with-uploads-settings/177388>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [January 27, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-s3-backup-with-uploads-settings/177388 "2021-01-27T01:41:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 12:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-s3-backup-with-uploads-settings/177388/2 "2021-01-28T12:55:27Z")

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By default backups do not include uploads stored on S3 as it’s usually a waste of bandwidth a disk space. You need to enable the hidden `include_s3_uploads_in_backups` setting in order to change this behavior.

But if I understand your question correctly you don’t want your backups to contain uploads stored on S3, so you don’t have to change any settings.

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