This feature is not available for accounts with Basic Support. Upgrade your account features as described here!
This feature is not available for accounts with Unlimited GB of Cold Storage.
For Single User Plans
- Sign in to your Polarbackup online account.
- Refer to the My Computers tab.
- On the left-side panel, a list of your backups will be shown. Click on the name of the backup which you want to archive (deactivate).
- Now click the More button at the upper right corner of the page, and select the Archive Computer option.
- A confirmation message will appear, click OK to continue.
For Multiple Users Plans
- Sign in to your Polarbackup online account.
- Refer to the Users tab.
- Click on the X(View) option you will see at the end of the wanted user’s row. A list of all the active and the archived backups for this user will appear.
- Click the Action button for the backup which you want to archive (deactivate), and select the Archive Computer option.
- A confirmation message will appear, click OK to continue.
Archiving a backup will keep the data you backed up under your Polarbackup account, and you can restore from it as described in this article.
The number of used computers will reduce when you archive a backup, so you can go ahead and activate a new backup on the same computer again or on any new one; however, the space used by this backup will still be consumed from your storage. To erase the backup completely and free up storage, follow the steps in this article.
If the archive option is not available under your account, you can alternatively delete the computer, or increase the number of computers that you can back them up under your account by visiting your Upgrade page.