# How do I back up Spaces buckets?

You cannot natively back up Spaces buckets on DigitalOcean, but you can use one of the following methods:

- Create a new bucket on another team and transfer files using rclone or a similar tool. For detailed steps, see [our tutorial on transferring buckets with rclone](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/spaces/how-to/transfer-between-regions/index.html.md).
- Use a tool like s3cmd to download the files and save them in a local repository. For detailed steps, see [our tutorial on setting up s3cmd with Spaces](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/spaces/reference/s3cmd/index.html.md). Once you finish setup, you can download a bucket’s files recursively with the s3cmd command `s3cmd sync s3://your_bucket_name/folder /destination/folder`.
- Set up backups with [SnapShooter](https://snapshooter.com) to keep the contents of a bucket synced to another bucket. You can use the [S3 sync backup job](https://app.snapshooter.com/jobs/create?recipe=s3-sync) after setting up [Spaces as your SnapShooter storage provider](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/snapshooter/how-to/use-spaces-for-storage/index.html.md).
- Set up a tool like [GoodSync](https://www.goodsync.com/) to automatically back up and sync files.

## Related Topics

[How do I back up my app on App Platform?](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/how-do-i-back-up-my-app-on-app-platform/index.html.md): App Platform does not support backups, but you can use DigitalOcean Managed Databases to back up your data.

[I got a Permission Denied error when running a SnapShooter backup.](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/i-got-a-permission-denied-error-when-running-a-snapshooter-backup./index.html.md): Either remount the tmp folder with exec permissions or set the backup engine to use the home directory instead.