# Backups: sending google spreadsheet via email **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [April 8, 2022, 9:41am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/backups-sending-google-spreadsheet-via-email/40516 "2022-04-08T09:41:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Andrea\_Lasalandra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/andrea_lasalandra/32/40767_2.png) [@Andrea\_Lasalandra](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Andrea_Lasalandra)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 9:41am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/backups-sending-google-spreadsheet-via-email/40516/1 "2022-04-08T09:41:48Z")
When I try to send my google spreadsheet to myself via email the file won’t attach to the email as an attachment. Anyone knows the reasoning? ---
**Author:** ![eltintero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/eltintero/32/76520_2.png) [@eltintero](https://community.glideapps.com/u/eltintero)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/backups-sending-google-spreadsheet-via-email/40516/2 "2022-04-08T15:03:31Z")
Is that within the app? Can you do a video? ---
**Author:** ![Andrea\_Lasalandra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/andrea_lasalandra/32/40767_2.png) [@Andrea\_Lasalandra](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Andrea_Lasalandra)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/backups-sending-google-spreadsheet-via-email/40516/3 "2022-04-08T15:25:41Z")
No, not in the app. As you can see from the video when i drag and drop the google spreadsheet file to attach it on an email it does not work. The file becomes a 1kb file which can’t be opened. ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2022, 12:35am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/backups-sending-google-spreadsheet-via-email/40516/4 "2022-04-09T00:35:45Z")
How did you get the file in the first place? If you downloaded it, why was it in a .gsheet format instead of .xlsx? ---
**Author:** ![Andrea\_Lasalandra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/andrea_lasalandra/32/40767_2.png) [@Andrea\_Lasalandra](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Andrea_Lasalandra)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2022, 10:00am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/backups-sending-google-spreadsheet-via-email/40516/5 "2022-04-09T10:00:35Z")
Was just drag and dropping from the cloud. Solved now, thank you very much for your help! ---
**Author:** ![Andrea\_Lasalandra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/andrea_lasalandra/32/40767_2.png) [@Andrea\_Lasalandra](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Andrea_Lasalandra)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/backups-sending-google-spreadsheet-via-email/40516/6 "2022-04-09T10:10:26Z")
But now that I download the file and try to attach it on an email so I can send it to myself and backup the backend, this appears: ![Schermata 2022-04-09 alle 12.08.17](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/d/f/df9f76e965e436692d3e02f94be6de5976a144cc.png) It won’t let be send the email because “a virus is detected” It works with other emails such as outlook but not gmail…very strange ---
**Author:** ![V88](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/v88/32/90054_2.png) [@V88](https://community.glideapps.com/u/V88)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2022, 10:43am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/backups-sending-google-spreadsheet-via-email/40516/7 "2022-04-09T10:43:48Z")
If you simply want to backup a “version” of your sheet i.e. store a copy of the configuration and the data at a specific point in time, then you can choose File \> Version history \> Name current version. This allows you to create a snapshot that you can go back and view or even restore. It is, however, still stored in the cloud as opposed to locally. Depends what you’re after. ---
**Author:** ![Andrea\_Lasalandra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/andrea_lasalandra/32/40767_2.png) [@Andrea\_Lasalandra](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Andrea_Lasalandra)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2022, 11:15am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/backups-sending-google-spreadsheet-via-email/40516/8 "2022-04-09T11:15:59Z")
Interesting, however if the spreadsheet gets accidentally deleted then I would lose everything. That’s why I prefer to send a duplicate version to myself via email but with gmail that strange error occurs. ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/backups-sending-google-spreadsheet-via-email/40516/9 "2022-04-09T12:53:16Z")
You can always restore it if you accidentally delete it and find out before something like 30 days, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/backups-sending-google-spreadsheet-via-email/40516/10 "2022-04-09T13:12:27Z")
I use a script triggered to run once a week. It create a timestamped duplicate of the sheet in my google drive. I have almost 3 years of weekly backups and they take up very little space in my google drive. > [@Backup My Data In My Spreadsheet](https://community.glideapps.com/t/backup-my-data-in-my-spreadsheet/1147/2): > > First of all, google does keep a history of any changes. You can access them by clicking the link at the top of the sheet: I also use this script to backup my sheet every week. The only thing that needs to change in the script is the destination folder. This gives me a weekly backup with a timestamp attached to the name: // Abhijeet Chopra // 26 February 2016 // Google Apps Script to make copies of Google Sheet in specified destination folder function makeCopy() { // generates… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/backups-sending-google-spreadsheet-via-email/40516/11 "2022-04-10T13:12:46Z")
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