Free space: add links to backup (#36654)

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### Downloading your local backups
There are multiple ways to download your local backup and store it on another device:
There are multiple ways to download your local backup from your Home Assistant instance and store it on another device:
**Option 1**: Download from the backup page:
1. Under {% my supervisor_backups title="**Settings** > **System** > **Backups**" %}, select **Show all backups**.
2. To selection one backup, on the list, single-click or tap the backup of interest.
2. To select one backup, on the list, single-click or tap the backup of interest.
- To select multiple backups, select the {% icon "mdi:order-checkbox-ascending" %} button.
3. In the dialog, select the three dots {% icon "mdi:dots-vertical" %} menu and select **Download backup**.
- **Result**: The selected backup is stored in the **Downloads** folder of your computer.
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- For example, [use the samba add-on](/common-tasks/{{page.installation}}/#installing-and-using-the-samba-add-on).
2. In your file explorer, access Home Assistant, open the `backup` folder and copy the file to your computer.
### Downloading a backup from Home Assistant Cloud
If you were logged in to Home Assistant Cloud and had Cloud backup enabled, your last backup is stored on Home Assistant Cloud.
1. To download the backup, log in to your [Home Assistant Cloud account](https://account.nabucasa.com/).
2. Under **Stored files**, you can see the latest available backup file. Select the download button.
### Deleting obsolete backups
If you defined an automatic backup and backup purge schedule, old backups are deleted automatically. However, you might still have some old backups around that you want to delete.
To delete old backups, follow these steps:
1. Under {% my supervisor_backups title="**Settings** > **System** > **Backups**" %}, select **Show all backups**.
2. To delete one backup, on the list, select the backup of interest.
- Select the three dots {% icon "mdi:dots-vertical" %} menu and select **Delete**
3. To delete multiple backups, select the {% icon "mdi:order-checkbox-ascending" %} button.
- From the list of backups, select all the ones you want to delete and select **Delete selected**.
- {% icon "mdi:information-outline" %} Consider keeping at least one recent backup for recovery purposes.
### Restoring a backup
There are two ways to use a backup:

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### Deleting obsolete backups
Previous backups are not included when you create a new one. But they do take up space. To delete old backups, follow these steps:
Previous backups are not included when you create a new one. But they do take up space.
1. Go to {% my backup title="**Settings** > **System** > **Backups**" %}.
2. From the list of backups, select all the ones you want to delete, then select **Delete selected backups**.
- This clears up space in Home Assistant.
1. To delete old backups, follow the steps on [deleting obsolete backups](/common-tasks/os/#deleting-obsolete-backups).
2. Ideally, backups don't pile up on the system to begin with.
- To define how long automatic backups should be kept on the system, follow the steps on [setting up an automatic backup process](/common-tasks/os/#setting-up-an-automatic-backup-process).
### Storing backups outside of Home Assistant
Storing backups outside of Home Assistant makes sure they don't use space on Home Assistant to begin with. It also makes sure you can [restore Home Assistant from backup](/common-tasks/os/#restoring-a-backup) in case you have an issue with your current installation.
1. Go to {% my backup title="**Settings** > **System** > **Backups**" %}, and from the list of backups, select the backup you want to keep.
2. In the dialog, select the checkbox for each component, in the three-dots menu, select **Download backup**.
3. Store the backup somewhere safe.
- For example, [add network storage](/common-tasks/os/#network-storage), and then [change your default backup location](/common-tasks/os/#change-default-backup-location).
Storing backups outside of Home Assistant makes sure they don't use space on Home Assistant to begin with. It also makes sure you can [restore Home Assistant from backup](/common-tasks/os/#restoring-a-backup) in case you have an issue with your current installation. Follow the steps on [defining backup locations](/common-tasks/os/#defining-backup-locations).
## Uninstalling unused add-ons