---
title: "Backup version"
url: https://storagestudio.us/wiki/glossary-backup-version
category: "Glossary"
tags: ["glossary", "backups"]
summary: "A backup version is a saved point in time you can restore from. Data Backup keeps a series of versions for each backup set."
updated: 2026-10-01T05:36:04.000Z
---

# Backup version

A backup version is a saved point in time you can restore from. Data Backup keeps a series of versions for each backup set.

A **backup version** is a saved point in time — your chosen folders exactly as they were when that backup ran. Restoring a version brings files back as they were then, even if you've since changed or deleted them.

In Storage Studio's **Data Backup**, each run of a backup set creates a new version. **Versions…** on a set lists them by date and size. For each one, **Browse Files…** lets you pick individual files to bring back, and **Restore All…** restores the whole version.

Old versions are thinned out over time, the way Time Machine does it: recent ones are kept close together, older ones further apart.

See also: [Backup versions: what's kept and for how long](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/backup-versions) · [Restoring from a backup](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/restoring-from-a-backup) · [Incremental backup](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/glossary-incremental-backup)

## What links here

- [Backup versions: what's kept and for how long](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/backup-versions)
- [Incremental backup](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/glossary-incremental-backup)
- [Restoring from a backup](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/restoring-from-a-backup)
- [Storage Studio and Time Machine](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/compared-with-time-machine)