# Is it possible to back up generated previews?

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/is-it-possible-to-back-up-generated-previews/183576>\
**Category:** ℹ️ Support\
**Tags:** photos-app\
**Created:** [February 28, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/is-it-possible-to-back-up-generated-previews/183576 "2024-02-28T21:08:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![gas85](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/gas85/32/7772_2.png) [@gas85](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/gas85)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/is-it-possible-to-back-up-generated-previews/183576/2 "2024-02-28T21:45:57Z")

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Best was is to generate previews via cron, it will only than download generated one. Check this out: [How to know if Preview Generator is working? - #6 by gas85](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-know-if-preview-generator-is-working/41072/6)

Also here is an old tread with config [How to clean up nextcloud-data/appdata\_\* and /updater-\* - #7 by gas85](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-clean-up-nextcloud-data-appdata-and-updater/123746/7) and explanation to understand previews: [How to clean up nextcloud-data/appdata\_\* and /updater-\* - #9 by j0hn](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-clean-up-nextcloud-data-appdata-and-updater/123746/9)

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