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Scotty62
Copper Contributor
Oct 23, 2024

Does the Maintenance Cleanup Task delete all backup files or only the ones backed up in the Back Up

I have one very large database that I only want to backup once a week so I'm wondering if the Cleanup Task is going to remove because the current maintenance plan is set to delete after 2 days.

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    olafhelper
    Bronze Contributor

    Scotty62 , somehow is your post strange.

    The "Maintenance Task" deletes backup file on how you defined the retention period & scheduling of the maintenance; SQL Server don't delete any file "just for fun".

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