{"id":1265,"date":"2012-04-03T15:10:22","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T19:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/04\/03\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:45:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:45:46","slug":"how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Delete a Backup in Magento 1.6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Magento 1.6 includes a backup tool that will backup your Magento database<\/a> and regularly backing up your Magento web store is important. However, you do not need to keep multiple backups inside the Magento 1.6 Admin backend. We suggest regularly deleting old backups to keep your Magento 1.6 store clean and free of unused files. Deleting Magento database backups are done through your Magento Admin Panel.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Log into your Magento Admin Backend<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Go to System ->> Tools ->> Backups<\/strong><\/li>\n

    \"magento_backup_1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    <\/div>\n\n
  3. Click \u201cDelete<\/strong>\u201d next to the backup you want to delete<\/li>\n

    \"magento_delete_backup\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    <\/div>\n\n<\/ol>\n

    If you need further assistance please feel free to ask a question on our Support Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Magento 1.6 includes a backup tool that will backup your Magento database and regularly backing up your Magento web store is important. However, you do not need to keep multiple backups inside the Magento 1.6 Admin backend. We suggest regularly deleting old backups to keep your Magento 1.6 store clean and free of unused files. Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56983,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[4456],"class_list":["post-1265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-magento","tag-magento-v1-6"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow to Delete a Backup in Magento 1.6 | InMotion Hosting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this short Magento tutorial, we'll show you how to remove unused database backups to keep your Magento store clean and organized.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Delete a Backup in Magento 1.6 | InMotion Hosting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In this short Magento tutorial, we'll show you how to remove unused database backups to keep your Magento store clean and organized.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"InMotion Hosting Support Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inmotionhosting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-04-03T19:10:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-17T03:45:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/magento_backup_1.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Carrie Smaha\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@carriesmaha\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@InMotionHosting\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carrie Smaha\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Carrie Smaha\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/person\/595948dab2995d347a87076abdae19d8\"},\"headline\":\"How to Delete a Backup in Magento 1.6\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-04-03T19:10:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-17T03:45:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/\"},\"wordCount\":113,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/magento_backup_1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Magento v1.6\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Magento\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/\",\"name\":\"How to Delete a Backup in Magento 1.6 | InMotion Hosting\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/magento_backup_1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-04-03T19:10:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-17T03:45:46+00:00\",\"description\":\"In this short Magento tutorial, we'll show you how to remove unused database backups to keep your Magento store clean and organized.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/magento_backup_1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/magento_backup_1.jpg\",\"width\":1532,\"height\":731,\"caption\":\"magento_backup_1\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to Delete a Backup in Magento 1.6\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/\",\"name\":\"InMotion Hosting Support Center\",\"description\":\"Web Hosting Support & Tutorials\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#organization\",\"name\":\"InMotion Hosting\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/inmotion-hosting-logo-yoast.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/inmotion-hosting-logo-yoast.jpg\",\"width\":696,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"InMotion Hosting\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inmotionhosting\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/InMotionHosting\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/person\/595948dab2995d347a87076abdae19d8\",\"name\":\"Carrie Smaha\",\"description\":\"Carrie Smaha is a Senior Marketing Operations leader with over 20 years of experience in digital strategy, web development, and IT project management. She specializes in go-to-market programs and SaaS solutions for WordPress and VPS Hosting, working closely with technical teams and customers to deliver high-performance, scalable platforms. At InMotion Hosting, she drives product marketing initiatives that blend strategic insight with technical depth.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/carriesmaha\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/carriesmaha\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/author\/carries\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to Delete a Backup in Magento 1.6 | InMotion Hosting","description":"In this short Magento tutorial, we'll show you how to remove unused database backups to keep your Magento store clean and organized.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to Delete a Backup in Magento 1.6 | InMotion Hosting","og_description":"In this short Magento tutorial, we'll show you how to remove unused database backups to keep your Magento store clean and organized.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/","og_site_name":"InMotion Hosting Support Center","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inmotionhosting\/","article_published_time":"2012-04-03T19:10:22+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-08-17T03:45:46+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/magento_backup_1.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Carrie Smaha","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@carriesmaha","twitter_site":"@InMotionHosting","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Carrie Smaha","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/"},"author":{"name":"Carrie Smaha","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/person\/595948dab2995d347a87076abdae19d8"},"headline":"How to Delete a Backup in Magento 1.6","datePublished":"2012-04-03T19:10:22+00:00","dateModified":"2021-08-17T03:45:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/"},"wordCount":113,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/magento_backup_1.jpg","keywords":["Magento v1.6"],"articleSection":["Magento"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/","url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/","name":"How to Delete a Backup in Magento 1.6 | InMotion Hosting","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/magento_backup_1.jpg","datePublished":"2012-04-03T19:10:22+00:00","dateModified":"2021-08-17T03:45:46+00:00","description":"In this short Magento tutorial, we'll show you how to remove unused database backups to keep your Magento store clean and organized.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/magento_backup_1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/magento_backup_1.jpg","width":1532,"height":731,"caption":"magento_backup_1"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-delete-a-backup-in-magento\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to Delete a Backup in Magento 1.6"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/","name":"InMotion Hosting Support Center","description":"Web Hosting Support & Tutorials","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#organization","name":"InMotion Hosting","url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/inmotion-hosting-logo-yoast.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/inmotion-hosting-logo-yoast.jpg","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"InMotion Hosting"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inmotionhosting\/","https:\/\/x.com\/InMotionHosting"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/person\/595948dab2995d347a87076abdae19d8","name":"Carrie Smaha","description":"Carrie Smaha is a Senior Marketing Operations leader with over 20 years of experience in digital strategy, web development, and IT project management. She specializes in go-to-market programs and SaaS solutions for WordPress and VPS Hosting, working closely with technical teams and customers to deliver high-performance, scalable platforms. At InMotion Hosting, she drives product marketing initiatives that blend strategic insight with technical depth.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/carriesmaha\/","https:\/\/x.com\/carriesmaha"],"url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/author\/carries\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"primary_category":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56983"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1265"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86165,"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265\/revisions\/86165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}