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9 · Back up and restore your library

How long are backups kept?

Backup type Retention rule
Unnamed (automatic) backups The newest 20 backups are kept.
Named backups The newest 20 of these are also kept.
All backups combined If they exceed the 4 GiB limit, cleanup starts with the oldest backups. The newest 3 of each type are protected.
.db files you save to a file Merceq doesn’t delete these files automatically.
Backups before reset The newest 3 backups are kept. They don’t appear in the regular backup list; see the section below.