# 2. Edit config/backup.php — empty the notification arrays (optional but recommended) nano config/backup.php # 3. Clear cached config php artisan config:clear # 4. Make sure the destination exists and is writable by the web/cli user mkdir -p storage/app/backups chown -R www-data:www-data storage/app/backups # or whatever user runs your app chmod -R 775 storage/app/backups # 5. Re-run php artisan backup:run # 6. Confirm the zip landed ls -lh storage/app/backups/*/