Automatic daily backups

Can backups happen automatically?

Yes: turn on Automatic backups in the Backups tab and choose how often.

Before you start: At least one backup slot.

Step by step

1. Open Backups and find the Automatic backups card.
2. Switch it on and choose every 6 hours, every 12 hours, daily or weekly. Times are shown in your own time zone; pick a quiet time for your players.
3. Choose what happens when every slot is used. Replace the oldest automatic backup keeps a recent backup at all times. Wait until there is room never removes anything, and skips runs until you free a slot.
4. With replacing on, set Keep up to: how many slots automatic backups may use. The rest stay free for backups you make yourself.
5. Click Save schedule. The card shows the next backup and how the last one went.
6. To keep one backup for good, click the padlock on it. A locked backup cannot be deleted or replaced until you unlock it.

Check it worked: A new backup appears on schedule, marked Automatic.

Why it happens: The schedule runs without you being online and uses the backup slots your server already has.

More guides on Backups, restores, and data loss:

• Take a backup
• No backup slots or the limit is reached
• Restore a backup
• A backup failed or takes too long
• Recover after data loss or griefing
• Does CoreX keep backups for me?