# is it possible to merge multiple incrementals as single one?

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**Category:** Percona XtraBackup\
**Created:** [August 16, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/is-it-possible-to-merge-multiple-incrementals-as-single-one/5036 "2016-08-16T00:47:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![skygragon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/skygragon/32/1131_2.png) [@skygragon](https://forums.percona.com/u/skygragon)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/is-it-possible-to-merge-multiple-incrementals-as-single-one/5036/1 "2016-08-16T00:47:51Z")

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Say there are base, inc1, inc2, inc3… Can I create another new incremental = inc1 + inc2 + inc3?

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**Author:** ![shamikde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@shamikde](https://forums.percona.com/u/shamikde)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 3:15am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/is-it-possible-to-merge-multiple-incrementals-as-single-one/5036/2 "2016-08-18T03:15:01Z")

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Hi,  
I too have same query. If I have Base, Inc1,inc2 and Inc3, is it possible to create Delta = Inc1 + Inc2 + Inc3. This way I can have Base and Delta available for restore back.