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how to set old backups to be truly deleted, not moved to a recycle folder

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I use Acronis True Image to backup two desktop PCs on a home network to an NAS. I have it set to do a full backup, and then the second time it makes a full backup it is supposed to delete the first backup. I did this because my old scheme of multiple incremental backups and versions would fill up my NAS too fast. So now I figured I'd always have a backup on hand, and Acronis would delete the old backup after the new one was done, so I'd never be without a backup, and I wouldn't run out of space.

The problem is, when it deletes the old backup, it just moves it to a "recycled" folder on my NAS drive; so it isn't really gone, and it still takes up space. The way I find out is when eventually I run out of space and a backup fails. Then I have to manually go into my NAS and delete the contents of the recycled folder.

Is there a way to have Acronis actually, really delete the files completely and not save them to a recycled folder? I really wish this was done automatically so I wouldn't keep running out of space and having to deal with it--I travel for work and often get the email notification of a failed backup when I am away from home and unable to fix it manually.

Thank you

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It depends on your NAS options. I have a WD mybook 4TB NAS and deletions are permanent. Some of the Synology and other NAS devices have an option to turn the local recycle bin off and on.

Definitely nothing to do with ATI; it is a NAS configuration issue. Hopefully you will be able to configure the NAS so that backups do not end up in Trash folder.

Ian

Based on my Synology experience you can consider:

- removing the recycling bin from the share where you store your backups (on Synology, this is done through the control panel>Shared Folder>edit

- adding a task to clean the recycling on a regular basis and optionally add rules and/or file filters for some files to be kept or deleted first if you use the share for other purposes than backup.

Also, be aware that Synology allows various levels of access authority for it's recycle bin.  If you allow only admin access, ATI will fail to read the directory containing the recycle bin.  (If prohibited from accessing one entry in the directory it will not process anything in the directory).

This was the case in ATI 2019.  I have not actually tried it in ATI 2020.