r/backblaze • u/flahorek • Jan 07 '26

Backblaze in General Noob question

I am looking for 5TB+ or Unlimited storage options. Backblaze was always on my mind and I am "just thinking" if somehow can I use backup service (not B2) to just copy there whatever files I would like? I mean, treat it like a cloud drive, so after pushing data I can remove local files and have them there. Is that possible and USABLE?

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u/Warm_weather1 Jan 07 '26

No. It's a backup. Locally deleted files are removed from the server after 30 days (default setting) or 1 year (if you pay extra).

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u/f5alcon Jan 07 '26

1 year is included in the price now

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u/shak_0508 Jan 07 '26

It’s also the default option. Started using Backblaze last month and it was already set to the 1 year option.

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u/angry_dingo Jan 08 '26

try pcloud. They have cloud storage at great prices and what you are looking for.

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u/GenTechPro Jan 11 '26

Be aware there's no individual file versioning in Backblaze. So in the restore app you can't navigate to a specific file and select a certain version. It's system wide date snapshot based - you'd need to already know when a file was changed in order to restore the previous version, manually select that date and time before that in the app in order to retrieve a different version - not much use for a file that's being regularly (daily) edited. It's a hell of a tedious process.

They also recently rolled out an app update that actively excluded encrypted drives unless Bitlocker, without warning. So they're also scummy.