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# `incus admin os application backup`

Backup the application

## Synopsis
```{line-block}

Description
  Backup the application



```
```
incus admin os application backup [<remote>:]<application> <file|-> [flags]
```

## Options

```
  -d, --data     Command data
      --target   Cluster member name
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --debug          Show all debug messages
      --explain        If the command is valid, explain its parsed arguments instead of running it
      --force-local    Force using the local unix socket
  -h, --help           Print help
      --project        Override the source project
  -q, --quiet          Don't show progress information
      --sub-commands   Use with help or --help to view sub-commands
  -v, --verbose        Show all information messages
      --version        Print version number
```

## SEE ALSO

* [incus admin os application](incus_admin_os_application.md)	 - Manage IncusOS applications

