# What data is included in the Backups?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-data-is-included-in-the-backups/121213
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 24, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-data-is-included-in-the-backups/121213 "2019-06-24T23:23:32Z")
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### Author:  [@markjackson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markjackson)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-data-is-included-in-the-backups/121213/1 "2019-06-24T23:23:32Z")
I downloaded one of my backups from S3 which contains a `dump.sql` file but it does not seem to contain any of my Settings from the Admin panel. Is it possible to include this data as part of the backup, or is it there and I’m not seeing it? Is there a list of what is / is not backed up?
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-data-is-included-in-the-backups/121213/2 "2019-06-24T23:29:09Z")
The backup contains everything except the configuration specified in the app.yml.
If you’re using a CDN or have selected not to include assets within your backups then attachments and images won’t be included.
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### Author:  [@markjackson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markjackson)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-data-is-included-in-the-backups/121213/3 "2019-06-24T23:44:07Z")
It looks like some of the settings are missing from the backup. When I search `dump.sql` for some of my values they aren’t in the file. For example:
- Security \> cors origins
- Security \> allowed iframes
- Security \> blacklisted crawler user agents
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2019, 2:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-data-is-included-in-the-backups/121213/4 "2019-06-25T02:58:33Z")
I’m pretty sure it’s there. Are you looking in the sql file or did you restore it?
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### Author:  [@markjackson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markjackson)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2019, 11:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-data-is-included-in-the-backups/121213/5 "2019-06-25T23:05:08Z")
Of the 3 fields I mentioned, I do see the cors now on my latest backup (user error), but the other 2 I still don’t see. Maybe it only exports the settings that have been changed away from default values.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-data-is-included-in-the-backups/121213/6 "2019-06-25T23:08:06Z")
> [@markjackson](#):
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> Maybe it only exports the settings that have been changed away from default values
That is _exactly_ how it works.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-data-is-included-in-the-backups/121213/7 "2019-07-25T23:08:22Z")
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