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How can I get Acronis to never do an auto backup or scheduled backup? I only do full backups of my C drive only, never incremental. Ive tried to delete the offending backup name from the list to no avail.

Many times when I revert to an older image I especially run into this problem. I'm not even sure why this is happening. When I create a new backup, I'm careful to choose "no schedule", yet sometimes it acts like it's on a schedule.

Acronis scheduler helper is disabled in startup. But TIB mounter monitor is enabled.

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There is no one setting which controls whether a backup is scheduled or not schedule. Each created backup task will be a scheduled task unless user changes the settings in EACH TASK CREATED.

Whether your backup task is actually a non-scheduled task is controlled by the method you use to save the task.
User can control that no scheduled backups occur but it requires some special steps in the saving of the backup task.
Use GH64 example of how save a non-scheduled task which involves the scheduler
set to "do not schedule"
and the save button using the "later" option.

GH64. 71342: 2015 How to save a non-scheduled task.

Any unwanted backup tasks can be simply deleted via the "Remove task from list"

I would encourage you to use an automatiac cleanup to perform the deletions of your older Fulls automatically so the program does not get confused during its automatic tracking of each backup. Manual deletion by the user should be possible but with required history tracking, user deletion just causes user headaches. You can control how many backups to be stored via the "store no more than 'N recent versions.
If you wish the very first backup to be retained and not subject to the deletion rules, then checkmark the "do not delete first version" and that backup will not be deleted and also will not count as part of the "store no more than x"

GH11. Create Custom Full Backup Scheme w/auto cleanup....Store/Keep 4 versions (chains). Use whatever number best fits the individual needs..
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Editing an existing task is not recommended. Rarely does an edited task perform to user expectations. It is usually better to start with a new task using a new non-identical task name and point to a new storage sub-folder so each task has it own storage folder/sub-folder. Old task can be stopped or deleted from the task listings.

GH63. 64640: Hints to help prevent issues with your TIB backup files creation.

GH63. 75086: A discussion on how to configure backup schemes.

Official Log File.
https://kb.acronis.com/content/49484

GH63. 48404: Acronis True Image 2015: Creating an Entire PC Backup

Very helpful info! I just did a backup using the "later" option. After I hit later. I chose backup now. What happens if I don't choose the later option? It seems if I choose no schedule then that should take care of it.
I'm wondering if on the backups that I did in the past where I didn't choose the later option if that's why when I restored an old image, that Acronis seemed to be confused and started backing up old tasks. Is that why you use the later option?
If I understand this correctly auto cleanup, deletes older backups. If that's the case, I definitely don't want that happening. I want to delete old backups that i choose.
When I backup I always start a new task, because if I choose that same task in the future, I can't name the backup file the way I want to. Acronis names it the way it wants to. I don't assume there's a way to prevent it from adding _full_b1_s1_v1 to the name. I prefer my own naming system.

http://forum.acronis.com/forum/91956

The above link explains more abou t custom names but avoiding the suffix _full_b1_s1_v1 is not an option and if your remove it, the backup is not restorable as it is corrupt.

The backup later option is for when you want to create a non-scheduled backup. If you do not use the later opton, you are commiting to a backup you may not want at that partifular moment.