# Retain Logs on upgrade
**URL:** https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/retain-logs-on-upgrade/1623
**Category:** General Support / Questions
**Created:** [March 30, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/retain-logs-on-upgrade/1623 "2018-03-30T13:21:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@BrianGGG](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/BrianGGG)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/retain-logs-on-upgrade/1623/1 "2018-03-30T13:21:14Z")
**Request Type:**
Feature
**MCEBuddy Version and Type (32bit or 64bit):**
2.4.9 Beta
**Operating System and Type (32bit or 64bit):**
Windows 10 64-bit
**Summary of the problem or suggestion:**
Logs are removed during upgrade process … but there would be value in retaining them.
**Steps to replicate the bug:**
Logs get removed during the uninstall (which I suppose makes sense), but it is required to uninstall in order to upgrade. It would be nice to retain the logfiles after an upgrade.
Perhaps they belong in a USER area rather than a PROGRAM area so that they can be separated.
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### Author:  [@Goose](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Goose)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/retain-logs-on-upgrade/1623/2 "2018-03-30T15:34:26Z")
When uninstalling the installer cleans up everything. MCEBuddy backs up critical files to the user profile folder which are then restored on a fresh install.
Sometimes these logs are running to 10’s of GB’s (some folks convert a 1000 files a day) so backing them up probably won’t be feasible.
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### Author:  [@BrianGGG](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/BrianGGG)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/retain-logs-on-upgrade/1623/3 "2018-03-30T19:35:49Z")
Makes sense, I guess it’s not a huge deal to to this by hand…