---
id: backups.how-do-i-disconnect-a-backup-destination
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/backups/how-do-i-disconnect-a-backup-destination
category: "Backups & restore points"
subcategory: "Managing backup sets and destinations"
question: "How do I stop a set backing up without deleting its versions?"
alt_questions:
  - "Remove destination (keeps stored versions)"
  - "Disconnect this destination?"
  - "detach backup destination"
  - "stop backing up but keep old backups"
short_answer: "Choose Remove destination (keeps stored versions) in the set's Destination menu, then Disconnect. Backups stop, but every version already saved stays where it is."
tags: ["destination", "disconnect", "versions"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/backups/what-does-delete-and-start-fresh-do", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/backups/how-do-i-change-a-backup-destination"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# How do I stop a set backing up without deleting its versions?

Open the set's **Destination** menu and choose **Remove destination (keeps stored versions)**, then **Disconnect**. The set stops backing up and its automatic backups are switched off — but every version already saved at that destination is left exactly where it is. Nothing stored there is deleted.

You can point the set at a destination again whenever you like. Don't confuse this with **Delete & start fresh**, which does erase the stored versions.