{"id":2925,"date":"2026-07-17T07:18:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=2925"},"modified":"2026-07-17T07:20:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:20:57","password":"","slug":"automatic-backup-cleanup-feature","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/automatic-backup-cleanup-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Automatic Backup Cleanup feature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Automatic Backup Cleanup<\/strong> option located in <strong>Settings > ShortPixel > Processing<\/strong> tab helps save disk space by automatically deleting old image backups after a selected period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To use it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enable <strong>Automatic backup cleanup<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Under Delete backups older than, choose a retention period.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Save your settings.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Backups older than the selected period will be permanently removed. Once deleted, they cannot be restored through the plugin, so keep a separate copy of any originals you may need later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Automatic Backup Cleanup option located in Settings > ShortPixel > Processing tab helps save disk space by automatically deleting old image backups after a selected period. To use it: Backups older than the selected period will be permanently removed. Once deleted, they cannot be restored through the plugin, so keep a separate copy of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[37,59],"glossaries":[],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2925","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-shortpixel-image-optimizer","doc_category-wordpress-plugins"],"blocksy_meta":[],"year_month":"2026-07","word_count":75,"total_views":"5","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"admin","author_nicename":"admin_mdli53m5","author_url":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/author\/admin_mdli53m5\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"ShortPixel Image Optimizer","term_url":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/knowledge-base\/category\/shortpixel-image-optimizer\/"},{"term_name":"WordPress Plugins","term_url":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/knowledge-base\/category\/wordpress-plugins\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2925"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2927,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2925\/revisions\/2927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=2925"},{"taxonomy":"glossaries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossaries?post=2925"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=2925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}