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While Home Assistant does provide built-in services for creating backups, they do not provide the ability to exclude items from a backup, or a way to automatically remove them, this custom component aims to fix that.
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While Home Assistant does provide built-in services for creating backups, they do not provide the ability to exclude items from a backup, or advanced retention settings, this custom integration aims to fix that. See the [FAQ](faq.md) for more information on differences.
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## Features
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-[x] Provides more advanced and configurable [service calls](services.md).
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-[x][Exclude addons/folders](services.md) from a backup.
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-[x][Automatically delete backups](services.md#keep-days) after an individually specified amount of time.
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-[x] Backup to [custom locations](services.md#custom-locations) such as network storage.
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-[x][Download backups](services.md#download-path) to a specified directory after completion (for example a usb drive).
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-[x] Allows the use of [addon names instead of slugs](services.md#addon-and-folder-names).
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-[x] Provides a [sensor](sensors.md) to monitor the status of your backups.
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-[x] Creates [events](events.md) for when backups are started/created/failed/deleted.
-[x] Supports unencrypted and encrypted backups, including the default encryption added in 2025.1 see [#181](https://github.com/jcwillox/hass-auto-backup/issues/181).
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## Blueprints
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???+ blueprint "Blueprint: Automatic Backups"
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Create backups each day and keep them for a configurable amount of time, backups are stored less frequently the older they are.
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[](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/blueprint_import/?blueprint_url=https%3A//raw.githubusercontent.com/jcwillox/home-assistant-blueprints/main/automation/automatic_backups.yaml)
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???+ blueprint "Blueprint: Notifications"
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Send notifications based on events created by the [Auto Backup](https://jcwillox.github.io/hass-auto-backup) integration, such as when a backup fails.
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[](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/blueprint_import/?blueprint_url=https%3A//raw.githubusercontent.com/jcwillox/home-assistant-blueprints/main/automation/notify_auto_backup.yaml)
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