# Disable backups altogether for Percona PostgreSQL

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/disable-backups-altogether-for-percona-postgresql/24577>\
**Category:** Percona Operator for PostgreSQL\
**Created:** [August 21, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/disable-backups-altogether-for-percona-postgresql/24577 "2023-08-21T16:20:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marios\_Cako](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/marios_cako/32/11796_2.png) [@Marios\_Cako](https://forums.percona.com/u/Marios_Cako)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/disable-backups-altogether-for-percona-postgresql/24577/1 "2023-08-21T16:20:35Z")

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## Description:

I would like to be able to disable the backups altogether for the Percona PostgreSQL Operator. I am able to disable the scheduled backups, however I am forced to provide a repo (e.g., a volume), for the initial backup to run, otherwise the cluster will not be created. Then, a backup Job is called which creates a full backup, and saves it to that repo.

I understand that this is required for the PITR, however I don’t care about the PITR, as I would like a simpler scenario.

Is it possible to disable the initial backup, and the backups altogether?

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**Author:** ![Slava\_Sarzhan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/slava_sarzhan/32/3196_2.png) [@Slava\_Sarzhan](https://forums.percona.com/u/Slava_Sarzhan)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/disable-backups-altogether-for-percona-postgresql/24577/2 "2023-09-11T17:21:22Z")

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hi @Marios_Cako, you can’t completely disable backups for PG v2 operator. Please create the task for [https://jira.percona.com/projects/K8SPG](https://jira.percona.com/projects/K8SPG) and we will include it in one of the next releases.

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**Author:** ![Slava\_Sarzhan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/slava_sarzhan/32/3196_2.png) [@Slava\_Sarzhan](https://forums.percona.com/u/Slava_Sarzhan)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/disable-backups-altogether-for-percona-postgresql/24577/3 "2023-09-11T17:34:52Z")

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@Marios_Cako, as I can see you already did it [[K8SPG-427] Cannot disable backups - Percona JIRA](https://jira.percona.com/browse/K8SPG-427). Thanks