How to Change the Backup Storage Folder and Manage Disk Space

Because Minecraft world archives can quickly fill up your primary hard drive, you can move your backup destination to a secondary drive and set rules to clean up old saves automatically.

Changing the Backup Folder Path

1. Open the chat window and run /backup path show to check your current save mode and storage path.

2. To store future archives in a different location or on another drive, use the /backup path set command or adjust the storage location inside the in-game settings screen.

3. If you ever want to return to the standard location, run /backup path game to switch back to the default game directory.

Automating Cleanup and Space Limits

To stop backups from filling up your drive, open the mod configuration or in-game settings screen and adjust these options:

• backup-limit: Set the maximum number of backup files to keep at one time.
• retention-days: Set the number of days archives are kept before the mod automatically cleans them up.
• free-space-threshold: Define a minimum free disk space limit so the mod automatically stops saving if your drive runs low on room.

Deleting Backups Manually

If you need to free up drive space right away, run /backup delete last to remove only the newest archive, /backup delete all <drive> to clear backups on a specific drive, or /backup delete all to wipe every archive. After entering a delete command, run /backup delete confirm to finalize the removal.