# Maintenance Mode

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/maintenance-mode/3758>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [January 19, 2020, 10:27am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/maintenance-mode/3758 "2020-01-19T10:27:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/maintenance-mode/3758/2 "2020-01-19T12:20:57Z")

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I have not done this (I should) but could part of this be what you want?

Make a copy - do the major upgrades - then switch the names?

> [@BACKUPS - make it part of your routine](https://community.glideapps.com/t/backups-make-it-part-of-your-routine/3294):
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> In my opinion regular backups are essential when working in Glide. Especially if you are working on an already released application and making changes. So my method is to make a duplicate app fairly regularly, which would depend on how many changes I recently made to the app. So first make the duplicate app. Even though you can select to copy the sheet and not link your duplicate app to the same spreadsheet, I pretty much always link it to the same sheet. The reason for thi…

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