# What is "(do not include files)" when creating a backup manually?

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**Created:** [22 Settembre 2015, 9:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-do-not-include-files-when-creating-a-backup-manually/33568 "2015-09-22T09:41:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [12 Novembre 2018, 5:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-do-not-include-files-when-creating-a-backup-manually/33568/9 "2018-11-12T05:49:24Z")

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Yes, our letter avatars only live on our CDN. It does reduce storage.

That said, user uploaded avatars are “optimized” multiple times for various sizes so user uploaded avatars are effectively stored 6 times or so in different sizes in backups.

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