# \[solved\] Unable to change remote backup folder (rclone)

**URL:** <https://forum.hestiacp.com/t/solved-unable-to-change-remote-backup-folder-rclone/17544>\
**Category:** Backups\
**Created:** [January 30, 2025, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.hestiacp.com/t/solved-unable-to-change-remote-backup-folder-rclone/17544 "2025-01-30T11:04:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gohrum](https://forum.hestiacp.com/user_avatar/forum.hestiacp.com/gohrum/32/7979_2.png) [@Gohrum](https://forum.hestiacp.com/u/Gohrum)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.hestiacp.com/t/solved-unable-to-change-remote-backup-folder-rclone/17544/1 "2025-01-30T11:04:18Z")

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Hello, I don’t know if its by design, a limitation or a bug.

Im on hestia 1.8, When i setup the backups, i specified the remote folder “backups”. Now i would like to change that to “backups/folder”, but when i save the changes, the folder remains as “backups”.

[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/gvD784f.png "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/gvD784f)

I have taken a look at the documentation and the api commands, but i don’t see anything related to the remote folder.

thanks for your time

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**Author:** ![eris](https://forum.hestiacp.com/user_avatar/forum.hestiacp.com/eris/32/1241_2.png) [@eris](https://forum.hestiacp.com/u/eris)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.hestiacp.com/t/solved-unable-to-change-remote-backup-folder-rclone/17544/2 "2025-01-30T12:31:41Z")

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That might be a bug. Try disabling → save and then enable it again.

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**Author:** ![Gohrum](https://forum.hestiacp.com/user_avatar/forum.hestiacp.com/gohrum/32/7979_2.png) [@Gohrum](https://forum.hestiacp.com/u/Gohrum)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.hestiacp.com/t/solved-unable-to-change-remote-backup-folder-rclone/17544/3 "2025-01-30T13:05:47Z")

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yep, that did the trick.

Tomorrow i will confirm if the directory is used for backups and if everything is working as expected.

thanks

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**Author:** ![Gohrum](https://forum.hestiacp.com/user_avatar/forum.hestiacp.com/gohrum/32/7979_2.png) [@Gohrum](https://forum.hestiacp.com/u/Gohrum)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 8:06am UTC](https://forum.hestiacp.com/t/solved-unable-to-change-remote-backup-folder-rclone/17544/4 "2025-01-31T08:06:38Z")

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@eris I want to confirm that indeed, disabling the remote backups and enabling them again has fixed the issue and today the backups are copied to the new route.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![nqserv](https://forum.hestiacp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e9bcb4/32.png) [@nqserv](https://forum.hestiacp.com/u/nqserv)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://forum.hestiacp.com/t/solved-unable-to-change-remote-backup-folder-rclone/17544/5 "2025-10-10T01:04:09Z")

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This happen to me today. I’m using Hestia 1.9.4 and I confirm the bug.

To change remote backup folder, we need to disable remote backups and then enable them again and setup again the backups. Just changing the directory path will not work.