Full and partial backups — which one you want
Deselecting a single add-on turns a backup "partial", which changes how it restores. Here is how to tell, and why it matters.
Updated 19 August 2026 backupsmigration
Home Assistant records a backup as partial the moment you deselect anything. One add-on you no longer use is enough. It looks identical in the backup list, and the difference only shows up at restore time.
Why it matters
A partial backup has to be restored as a partial backup. Ask for a full restore of one and Home Assistant refuses outright:
216d3222 is only a partial backup!
We hit this on our own migration, and not at a convenient moment: the refusal came after the snapshot, a four-gigabyte copy and the upload had all completed.
What VomeHome does about it
Both kinds work. A partial backup is restored through the partial path, so everything the archive holds comes across. The pre-flight checks tell you which kind you uploaded and what is inside it, before anything is moved — the fact is written in plaintext inside the archive, so there is no excuse for finding out later.
If you want everything, take a full backup
Deselecting an add-on to save space also removes it from the restore. The first you would otherwise notice is its absence afterwards.