# \[FR\] Pruning functionality in he pipeline? **URL:** \ **Category:** Features\ **Created:** [September 5, 2017, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/fr-pruning-functionality-in-he-pipeline/442 "2017-09-05T11:09:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/user_avatar/forum.duplicati.com/kenkendk/32/5305_2.png) [@kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kenkendk)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/fr-pruning-functionality-in-he-pipeline/442/3 "2017-09-05T12:19:38Z")
And discussed more here: > [@Staggered versioning / thinning out versions](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/staggered-versioning-thinning-out-versions/419): > > Hi all, being yet another victim of Crashplans discontinuation of their home plans, I stumbled upon this lovely piece of software and so far I really like it. One feature I seem to miss though is staggered versioning or version thinning, as for example ArqBackup calls it. That is, I would like Duplicati to keep hourly backups for a day or so, then daily backups for the current month, weekly for a year and so on. You get the idea slight_smile While I know that Duplicati only saves blocks tha… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/fr-pruning-functionality-in-he-pipeline/442)._