# Can Internal Historian Data be excluded from Gateway Backup (gwbk)?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-internal-historian-data-be-excluded-from-gateway-backup-gwbk/46990>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80, ignition81, database\
**Created:** [May 21, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-internal-historian-data-be-excluded-from-gateway-backup-gwbk/46990 "2021-05-21T14:52:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![kcollins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kcollins/32/19646_2.png) [@kcollins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kcollins)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-internal-historian-data-be-excluded-from-gateway-backup-gwbk/46990/9 "2021-06-28T15:36:39Z")

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The [nightly](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/nightly-8-1-changelogs-2021/42410/105) now includes an update to where the local data is stored for both Internal History and Edge Historian. You’ll notice that files for local alarm journal, audit log, and tag history are migrated to a `data/local` directory tree that is excluded from the gateway backup.

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