# Why are backups so large?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-backups-so-large/31401>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [24 Luglio 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-backups-so-large/31401 "2015-07-24T17:54:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [24 Luglio 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-backups-so-large/31401/4 "2015-07-24T22:02:21Z")

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Images in posts are usually a very large percentage of backup size

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