# On shutting down site, possible to prevent database export?

**URL:** <https://community.localwp.com/t/on-shutting-down-site-possible-to-prevent-database-export/15979>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 12, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/on-shutting-down-site-possible-to-prevent-database-export/15979 "2019-12-12T18:20:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mcheck](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/mcheck/32/7313_2.png) [@mcheck](https://community.localwp.com/u/mcheck)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/on-shutting-down-site-possible-to-prevent-database-export/15979/1 "2019-12-12T18:20:32Z")

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We have a rather large database (2G) that were running in local that take a long time to export on each shutdown of the site.  
Is it possible to prevent the mysql backup/export from happening when we stop the site?

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://community.localwp.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/on-shutting-down-site-possible-to-prevent-database-export/15979/2 "2020-08-25T18:37:59Z")

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