{"id":"backups.can-i-have-more-than-one-backup-set","url":"/faq/backups/can-i-have-more-than-one-backup-set","category":{"id":"backups","title":"Backups & restore points"},"subcategory":{"id":"data-backup-basics","title":"Data Backup basics"},"question":"Can I have more than one backup set?","alt_questions":["How many backup sets can I create?","multiple backups different folders","Can I back up different folders to different places?","separate backup for photos and documents","Add another backup set"],"short_answer":"Yes. Click New backup set as often as you like. Each set has its own folders, destination, schedule and versions, so you can back up documents continuously and a big archive overnight.","answer_markdown":"Yes. Click **New backup set** in the Data Backup window as many times as you need. Each set has its own folders, destination, schedule and versions, so you can treat different kinds of data differently.\n\nSome ways people use more than one set:\n- Documents backing up **as things change** to an external SSD.\n- A large archive backing up **on a schedule**, overnight and only when plugged in.\n- The same important folder in two sets with two destinations — one drive and one cloud account — so a single failure can't take both copies.\n\nSets never mix their versions, even when they share a destination.","answer_html":"

Yes. Click New backup set in the Data Backup window as many times as you need. Each set has its own folders, destination, schedule and versions, so you can treat different kinds of data differently.

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Some ways people use more than one set: - Documents backing up as things change to an external SSD. - A large archive backing up on a schedule, overnight and only when plugged in. - The same important folder in two sets with two destinations — one drive and one cloud account — so a single failure can't take both copies.

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Sets never mix their versions, even when they share a destination.

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Can I have more than one backup set?

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Short answer: Yes. Click New backup set as often as you like. Each set has its own folders, destination, schedule and versions, so you can back up documents continuously and a big archive overnight.

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Yes. Click New backup set in the Data Backup window as many times as you need. Each set has its own folders, destination, schedule and versions, so you can treat different kinds of data differently.

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Some ways people use more than one set: - Documents backing up as things change to an external SSD. - A large archive backing up on a schedule, overnight and only when plugged in. - The same important folder in two sets with two destinations — one drive and one cloud account — so a single failure can't take both copies.

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Sets never mix their versions, even when they share a destination.

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