# How to backup 'symblink folders' ? not content to target folder just symblink

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**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 14, 2026, 7:04am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/how-to-backup-symblink-folders-not-content-to-target-folder-just-symblink/9011 "2026-09-14T07:04:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![uew93h](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/5e9695/32.png) [@uew93h](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/uew93h)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 7:04am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/how-to-backup-symblink-folders-not-content-to-target-folder-just-symblink/9011/1 "2026-09-14T07:04:37Z")

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So when I restore I don’t have to recreate the symbinks

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**Author:** ![sfatula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@sfatula](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/sfatula)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/how-to-backup-symblink-folders-not-content-to-target-folder-just-symblink/9011/2 "2026-09-20T23:37:57Z")

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Kopia by default backs up symbolic links, but not their contents. If you want to backup the contents, backup the original directory. But yes, it will restore the symlink.

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**Author:** ![uew93h](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/5e9695/32.png) [@uew93h](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/uew93h)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 12:50pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/how-to-backup-symblink-folders-not-content-to-target-folder-just-symblink/9011/3 "2026-09-21T12:50:57Z")

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How to allow it explicitly ?

Mine are not backuped.

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**Author:** ![sfatula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@sfatula](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/sfatula)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/how-to-backup-symblink-folders-not-content-to-target-folder-just-symblink/9011/4 "2026-09-21T16:53:25Z")

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You are talking Windows, I know nothing about windows. On linux and MacOS, they automatically and by default get backed up, all of mine are and I did not tell it to. Sorry, no idea as I don’t do Windows.