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Auto delete older backups

All-in-One WP Migration and Backup · support · 2026-05-25T09:52:00+00:00

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tatyana00 resolved

Hey everyone, tbh I’m trying to save some disk space on my server. Does this plugin automatically delete older backup files when a new one is created, or do I need to clear them out manually? Hi there! Great question. No, the free All-in-One WP Migration plugin does not automatically delete older backups when a new one is created. Each export adds a new archive to your wp-content/ai1wm-backups/ folder, so older files will keep accumulating until you remove them. To free up space, you can clear them out manually in either of these ways: – From the WordPress dashboard: go to All-in-One WP Migration → Backups, click the three-dot menu next to any backup, and choose Delete. – Via FTP/file manager: delete the .wpress files directly from wp-content/ai1wm-backups/. A good habit is to download a copy of each backup to your local machine (or cloud storage) and then remove it from the server, so you keep the restore points without using up disk space. Hope that helps!

Commercial Context

Opportunity

migration and recovery assurance

Clone preflight and recovery verification for moving, restoring, or rolling back sites without failed handoffs

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams

Wedge: preflight clone jobs, verify restore/import output, and flag failed handoffs

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Analysis

codex:gpt-5.5

Summary: An All-in-One WP Migration user asked about automatic backup cleanup and learned the free plugin leaves old archives until manual deletion.

Evidence quote: older files will keep accumulating until you remove them

Affected feature: backup cleanup

missing feature backup cleanup

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All-in-One WP Migration and Backup

5.0M active installs · 180.9M downloads · rating 90.0

backup clone export-import migrate move wordpress

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Yani 2026-06-04T21:16:00+00:00

Hi there! Great question. No, the free All-in-One WP Migration plugin does not automatically delete older backups when a new one is created. Each export adds a new archive to your wp-content/ai1wm-backups/ folder, so older files will keep accumulating until you remove them. To free up space, you can clear them out manually in either of these ways: – From the WordPress dashboard: go to All-in-One WP Migration → Backups, click the three-dot menu next to any backup, and choose Delete. – Via FTP/file manager: delete the .wpress files directly from wp-content/ai1wm-backups/. A good habit is to download a copy of each backup to your local machine (or cloud storage) and then remove it from the server, so you keep the restore points without using up disk space. Hope that helps!