# Local backups
Source: https://docs.aden.space/docs/help/make-music/storage-local-backups

Download files as a zip before deleting them from storage, and keep a per-team registry of which hard drive each backup lives on so deleted files can always be found back.
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## Back up big video files to your own drive before cleaning up [#back-up-big-video-files-to-your-own-drive-before-cleaning-up]

Large video files are usually what fills your storage. When cleaning up on **Plan → Usage**, you don't have to choose between paying for space and losing them:

1. Select the video files you want to move out of Aden (backups are available for video files over 100 MB) and click **Back up…**.
2. Tell Aden where you'll keep the backup. The drive's name (like "LaCie 2TB") and optionally a folder.
3. Aden downloads everything as one zip (including a manifest listing every file) and, if you leave the checkbox on, deletes the files from your storage to free up space.

Every backup is remembered under **Local backups** on the same page. Search by file name or drive to find where any backed-up file lives, even years after it was removed from Aden. Removing a backup entry only deletes the note, never the files on your drive.