--- title: "Auto Backup" description: "Auto Backup is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 3k installs sharing analytics, works locally and was last updated October 26, 2026." canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/jcwillox-hass-auto-backup" url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/jcwillox-hass-auto-backup.md" last-updated: "2026-10-22" version: "1.4" --- # Auto Backup > Auto Backup is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 3k installs sharing analytics, works locally and was last updated October 26, 2026. Auto Backup is an integration that extends Home Assistant's backup service with automatic removal of old backups. It adds more configurable service calls that can exclude add-ons and folders from a backup, which the built-in services do not allow. Each backup can be given its own retention time, and expired backups are deleted automatically, with support for generational backup schemes. Backups can go to custom locations such as network storage, or be copied to a chosen directory such as a USB drive after completion. It provides a sensor for monitoring backup status and fires events when backups start, are created, fail or are deleted. It runs locally, is set up in the UI, and has an option for the backup timeout in minutes. Automatic summary of the README and code of jcwillox/hass-auto-backup. Something wrong, or are you the maintainer and want your own text here? [Get in touch](https://vulpo.app/contact) [Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/hacs_repository/?owner=jcwillox&repository=hass-auto-backup&category=integration) On Home Assistant 2026.11 or newer? [Open it in the Marketplace](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/marketplace_repository/?owner=jcwillox&repository=hass-auto-backup&category=integration) ## Supports - **Works locally**: Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between. - **From the Marketplace**: Installed through the Marketplace, formerly HACS. - **Actively maintained**: Its author released or pushed a change in the last six months. ## Setting it up Install it from the Marketplace and restart Home Assistant, then add it under Settings, Devices and services. ### After setup - **Automatically delete expired backups** - **Backup Timeout (minutes)** Texts from the code of [jcwillox/hass-auto-backup](https://github.com/jcwillox/hass-auto-backup). ## From the README > Auto Backup is an Improved Backup Service for Home Assistant that can Automatically Remove Backups and Supports Generational Backup Schemes. > > 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. > > - Provides more advanced and configurable service calls. > - Exclude addons/folders from a backup. > - Automatically delete backups after an individually specified amount of time. > - Backup to custom locations such as network storage. > - Download backups to a specified directory after completion (for example a usb drive). > - Allows the use of addon names instead of slugs. > - Provides a sensor to monitor the status of your backups. > - Creates events for when backups are started/created/failed/deleted. > - Supports generational backup schemes. From the README of [jcwillox/hass-auto-backup](https://github.com/jcwillox/hass-auto-backup#readme), [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html). Shortened. ## At a glance - Kind: Marketplace integration - Category: [Computers and network](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/computers-and-network.md), NAS and servers - Number: 3k installs sharing analytics; 465 GitHub stars - Connection: Works locally - Upkeep: Updated in the last 6 months - Needs: Needs the Marketplace (HACS on 2026.10 and older) - Latest version: v1.9.1, last updated October 26, 2026 - Domain: `auto_backup` - Source: - Issues: - Screenshot: https://vulpo.app/integrations-img/eff9766427178617.webp (from jcwillox/hass-auto-backup's README) In Vulpo: Button card, Chart card, Apple Watch Independent directory, made by the developer of Vulpo. Not affiliated with Home Assistant or the Open Home Foundation. [About these numbers](https://vulpo.app/integrations/about) Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/jcwillox-hass-auto-backup --- - HTML version of this page: https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/jcwillox-hass-auto-backup - Site index for agents: https://vulpo.app/llms.txt - Everything in one document: https://vulpo.app/llms-full.txt - All pages: https://vulpo.app/sitemap.xml