Editing a job
Change any part of a job at any time: which changes start a new full backup, renaming, turning a job off, and drafts.
On this page
Nothing about a job is fixed. Edit on the Jobs page, Edit on the job's own page, or a double-click on its row opens the same five-step wizard with everything filled in. Click any step to go straight to it. The footer says Save changes and Save and run now.
What the next run does after a change#
| You change | The next run |
|---|---|
| The destination | a full backup, because the new place has no sets to build on. If the new folder already holds this job's sets, copied there by you, it builds on them instead; see Moving your backups to a bigger drive. |
| The sources: a folder added | backs up the added folder in full; the rest carries on from the last set |
| The sources: a folder removed | leaves it out; its earlier backups stay in the earlier sets |
| Encryption switched on or off, or a new password | a full that starts a new chain, so each restore point needs one password |
| The type | uses the new type; an incremental builds on the newest set, a differential on the newest full |
| The schedule, retention, compression, filters or notifications | carries on as before |
While you edit, the job summary on the left says what the next run does: Folders you added are backed up in full on the next run.
The sets already on the old destination stay where they are and stay restorable: Restore and Find still list them. The job no longer applies retention to them.
Switching to a mirror#
The Settings step warns: Switching to a mirror removes this job's earlier restore points once its next run completes. Read The four backup types first.
Encryption#
Turning encryption on for a job that has sets leaves those sets unencrypted; new ones are encrypted with the password you set. Changing the password leaves older sets on the old password. The first backup after either change is a full, and the Settings step says so when you make it.
Renaming#
- On the Jobs page open the job's ⋯ menu and choose Rename….
- Type the new name and click Rename.
Existing backups keep their folder names; new runs use the new name. The job's chain carries on across the rename, and its older sets stay restorable under the job.
Turning a job off#
Click the job's On switch. While it is off:
- its schedule does not fire and nothing is deleted;
- Run on its row, and Run now at the top of its page, are greyed out; ⋯ ▸ Run now still runs it once;
- Home does not count it as needing attention for being off or overdue.
Switch it back on and it carries on. On Free, only two jobs can be on at a time.
Drafts#
Close the wizard with unsaved changes and it asks Keep this draft?
- Keep draft: the draft waits at the top of the Jobs page, A backup you started · Stopped at step 3, with Carry on and Discard.
- Discard: the changes are dropped.