# Has Plex changed it's backup for Plex Media Server?

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**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [September 10, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/has-plex-changed-its-backup-for-plex-media-server/742343 "2021-09-10T21:41:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![SSayer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ssayer/32/18375_2.png) [@SSayer](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SSayer)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/has-plex-changed-its-backup-for-plex-media-server/742343/1 "2021-09-10T21:41:55Z")

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I last backed up my Plex Media Server file in July and the total file size was over 65 GB … Then I backed up today and total was half at 33 GB. Everything has been working fine so I am wondering if something has changed? FYI… I went into the individual folders inside Plex Media Server and it appears the size difference is in the Cache file… If anyone has an answer… I certainly would appreciate! Thank You, Steve

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**Author:** ![SSayer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ssayer/32/18375_2.png) [@SSayer](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SSayer)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/has-plex-changed-its-backup-for-plex-media-server/742343/2 "2021-09-10T21:53:37Z")

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In particular… the Photo Transcoder file inside the Cache folder is where the difference is … I have been a Plex Pass member over 5 years and have never seen this… the backup files have always grown each time a backup…

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**Author:** ![dduke2104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@dduke2104](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dduke2104)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/has-plex-changed-its-backup-for-plex-media-server/742343/3 "2021-09-10T23:55:42Z")

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Have you read [Huge Size of Phototranscoder folder](https://forums.plex.tv/t/huge-size-of-phototranscoder-folder/631581) ?

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**Author:** ![SSayer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ssayer/32/18375_2.png) [@SSayer](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SSayer)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/has-plex-changed-its-backup-for-plex-media-server/742343/4 "2021-09-11T18:03:45Z")

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No … I haven’t … Thank You for directing me to it!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/has-plex-changed-its-backup-for-plex-media-server/742343/5 "2021-12-10T18:04:05Z")

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