# How to change the # of folder created on my indeces folder per snapshots? **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Tags:** snapshot-and-restore\ **Created:** [April 5, 2022, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-the-of-folder-created-on-my-indeces-folder-per-snapshots/301609 "2022-04-05T09:27:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![renatoa12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@renatoa12](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/renatoa12)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-the-of-folder-created-on-my-indeces-folder-per-snapshots/301609/1 "2022-04-05T09:27:13Z")
How to change the # of folder created on my indeces folder per snapshots?? I only need one folder per snapshot for backup purposes. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/8/68f7844cf41990bbda3cbb2983ef70f193ea15df.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/8/9839b5ba34259bc51a49d86c73def44de50ab054.png) ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-the-of-folder-created-on-my-indeces-folder-per-snapshots/301609/2 "2022-04-05T21:41:16Z")
The snapshot process does not work like that, you are not able to configure anything other than the root folder that the snapshots are stored in. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-the-of-folder-created-on-my-indeces-folder-per-snapshots/301609/3 "2022-05-03T21:41:33Z")
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