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For the files that have been changed and uploaded to Acronis Cloud several times, Acronis True
Image 2021 keeps all the modifications in different file versions. You can choose a previous file
version and download it to your device.
6.2 What is excluded from archives?
To reduce archive size and eliminate a possibility to corrupt your system, by default Acronis True
Image 2021 excludes the following data from archives:
 pagefile.sys
 swapfile.sys
 The Temp folder
 The System Volume Information folder
 The Recycle Bin
 Web browser temporary data:
 Temporary Internet files
 Cache
 .tib files
 .tib.metadata files
 .tmp files
 .~ files
See the full file list in the Knowledge Base article: https://kb.acronis.com/content/58297.
6.3 Cloud archiving vs. Online backup
When you archive your data to Acronis Cloud, it is similar to an online backup, but there are a
number of differences.
Online backup
Cloud archiving
Feature purpose
Data protection from operating system
corruption, hardware failures, and loss
of separate files.
Cleanup of local storage device and
moving data to Acronis Cloud.
Data protection
 Overall protection of all data on a
computer, especially an operating
system.
 Protection of frequently used files.
Protection of rarely used and old files,
mostly your personal documents,
photographs, and so on.
Source data selection
Manual selection.
Manual selection of automatically found
files.
Source data handling
The source data is kept in the original
location.
The source data is deleted from the
original location. This gives you a
guarantee that your data will not get into
the wrong hands if your hard drive or
laptop is stolen.
Data change frequency
The data to back up is changed
frequently. Usually a backup has many
versions updated from time to time.
The data to archive is changed rarely. The
files have few versions.