# Central Backup Restore **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [April 1, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/central-backup-restore/33047 "2021-04-01T15:08:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![yanokwa](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/yanokwa/32/1695_2.png) [@yanokwa](https://forum.getodk.org/u/yanokwa)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/central-backup-restore/33047/2 "2021-04-01T18:07:04Z")
Hi Anthony, There is a bug in Central where tmp files are not deleted. It will be fixed in the next release, but see [Errors with sending forms to ODK Central because hard drive is full](https://forum.getodk.org/t/errors-with-sending-forms-to-odk-central-because-hard-drive-is-full/32661/5) for a workaround that we shared a month ago. In your attempt to resolve the tmp issue, you ran `docker-compose down` which is unfortunate because it will reset your database. We warn about the dangers of running this command at [https://docs.getodk.org/central-install](https://docs.getodk.org/central-install) and provide recovery instructions at [https://docs.getodk.org/central-troubleshooting/#troubleshooting-docker-compose-down](https://docs.getodk.org/central-troubleshooting/#troubleshooting-docker-compose-down). Try the recovery steps and report back with what you find. As to the backup restore, that does seem like a bug and I'll ask the team to look into it. Before we force anything, have you successfully restored backups of less than 10GB before? Yaw --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.getodk.org/t/central-backup-restore/33047)._