Confused about Joplin Backup Plugin File Size

Operating system

Windows

Joplin version

3.4.12

Sync target

Nextcloud

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What issue do you have?

I have a large Joplin notebook, but after I run the Joplin Backup plugin, the file size of the all_notebooks.jex is only 27,035kb or 27mb. I have pdf's and such in my Joplin notebook.

So does the backup plugin not back all the files and notes in a notebook? If not, how do I make sure I have those backup'ed up? Thank you.

The jex export does contain your attachments (it's a tar archive, so you can extract it with something like 7-zip to see the contents, you should see a resource folder containing your attachments).

The jex export does not contain note history (revisions) which might account for smaller than expected size

Thank you, and you are right! I didn’t realize the compression could be so good. 3.25 GB to 27 MB.