How to Back Up Your Files with File History in windows 10/11?

Creating a robust system isnā€™t just about creating a backup image of Windows 10. Your PC would be pretty useless if all your files were lost, so having a reliable file backup routine is essential. Fortunately, Windows 10/11 comes with an excellent file backup and versioning tool that will be instantly aware to everyone.

What is the Use of File History in windows 10/11?

Backing up and creating file history tool is very useful, when you lost your files or create and restore them if the originals files or list or damaged or deleted.

How to Back up your files with file history in windows?

File History can be found in the Control Panel but is perhaps more easily controlled from the Settings app. Open Update & recovery and then Backup and youā€™ll be prompted to add a [backup] drive ,

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You can use spare hard disks and partitions in your PC, USB-connected hard disks, or network drives to store your File History backup . Setting it up is a simple matter of selecting a drive on which a File History folder will be created. By default, File History will include all your Shell User Folder locations (Documents, Music, Pictures, Video) your OneDrive folder, and anything else in your C:\Users folder.

Settings for file history in windows?

If you want to take backup your files via file history in windows its recommended to add a external drive and dump all your data once a week other wise your system c drive will be automatically backed up and then you will be running out of storage in windows hard drive which leads your laptop or computer to hand up or you will be facing laptop or computer slow performance or handing issue.

You can manage the settings for File History, though, once it is set up by clicking the More options link that will appear in the Backup Settings. This will allow you to control the frequency with which backups are made, how long old versions of files are kept for (this does not include files for which there is only one version), and which folders and included and excluded from the backup.

Almost everything you need to do with File History can be done through the Settings app, but the Control Panel offers a couple of additional features.

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No Files History in windows 10/11 Backup?

If No file history is found then choose the option configure file history settings and set it up accordingly by the following screen history.

How to Turn ON andĀ Configure Files History in windows?

Follow the below steps to enable file history in windows

Navigate to control panel.

Open control system -> security and file history.

Follow on screen Configure file history settings.

How to delete file history backed up files or clean up file history?

In windows 10 files history the most and upmost used setting for backing up files in Files history in windows is deleting all backup files as it store huge amount of data as soon as you create backup.

Perhaps the most useful of these is seeing how much free space is left on your File History drive. If you find the drive is filling up you can click the Advanced options link on the left of the window and then the Clean-up versions link. Here you can choose to delete all versions of files older than a specific age or, if youā€™re comfortable that you donā€™t need to restore anything, all but the latest one.

File history is same as System backup?

File history backup every day and every hour as soon as you change files along with userĀ  folder and backup is which backups your system and entire drive. File history is same as System backup?

How do I turn on file history?

In windows search bar type file system and navigate to control panel and configure it as per your requirements. How do I turn on file history

What files will file history saves?

File history saves the files which you have created only. It will not backup your apps and programs. What files will file history saves?

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