# Disabling backups in ScyllaDB Manager

**URL:** <https://forum.scylladb.com/t/disabling-backups-in-scylladb-manager/5179>\
**Category:** ScyllaDB\
**Tags:** scylla-manager, administration, backup-restore, sctool\
**Created:** [November 16, 2025, 5:32am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/disabling-backups-in-scylladb-manager/5179 "2025-11-16T05:32:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Guy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.scylladb.com/guy/32/9_2.png) [@Guy](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/Guy)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 5:32am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/disabling-backups-in-scylladb-manager/5179/1 "2025-11-16T05:32:46Z")

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> **[Originally from the User Slack](https://scylladb-users.slack.com/)**
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> ![Brad_Peters](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/scylladb/original/2X/9/98ccfb80786259fd60fb87a3035a4b7640e64700.png) @Brad\_PetersBrad\_PetersBrad\_PetersBrad\_Peters\*\*:\*\* @Patrick_Bossman @Patrick_Bossman Great chat at Kubecon, following up on disabling backups in Scylla manager@Brad\_PetersBrad\_Peters
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> ![Patrick_Bossman](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/scylladb/original/2X/5/5b12f893aa806799517728389756313bc92d59db.png) **@Patrick_Bossman:** Hi @Brad\_Peters  
> Here are the commands to see a backup, disable it, see it disabled, and re-enable it:
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> ```auto
> sctool tasks
> sctool backup update -c <cluster id> <backup-task-name> --enabled=false
> sctool tasks -a 
> sctool backup update -c <cluster id> <backup-task-name> --enabled=true
> sctool tasks
> 
> ```
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> When it’s disabled, you need to use -a to see it, and it will have an asterick in front of it, which means the task is disabled.  
> The cli portion of scylla manager is very useful. The --keyspace argument can be used with glob patterns to include/exclude objects, if you only want to exclude certain objects.  
> [https://manager.docs.scylladb.com/stable/sctool/backup.html](https://manager.docs.scylladb.com/stable/sctool/backup.html)
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> > Backup | ScyllaDB Docs
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> ![Brad_Peters](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/scylladb/original/2X/9/98ccfb80786259fd60fb87a3035a4b7640e64700.png) @Brad\_Peters\*\*:\*\* Thanks Patrick