# Turn off auto backup of config.idb

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/turn-off-auto-backup-of-config-idb/47610>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [June 9, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/turn-off-auto-backup-of-config-idb/47610 "2021-06-09T18:25:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/turn-off-auto-backup-of-config-idb/47610/10 "2023-02-02T16:18:51Z")

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Looks like I was wrong back in 2021. You need to set the autobackup _count_ (`localdb.autobackup.count`) to 0 to prevent the creation of autobackups; the `context.startup.useautobackups` setting only tells the system not to _use_ autobackups.

[https://files.inductiveautomation.com/sdk/javadoc/ignition81/8.1.24/com/inductiveautomation/ignition/gateway/localdb/sqlite/SQLiteDBManager.html#autoBackupsEnabled](https://files.inductiveautomation.com/sdk/javadoc/ignition81/8.1.24/com/inductiveautomation/ignition/gateway/localdb/sqlite/SQLiteDBManager.html#autoBackupsEnabled)

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