diff --git a/dashboard/src/components/BackupList.vue b/dashboard/src/components/BackupList.vue
index 5120c7e0c..213ca7dcd 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/components/BackupList.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/components/BackupList.vue
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const i18n = useI18n();
 const t = i18n.t;
 
 import { ref, onMounted, useTemplateRef } from 'vue';
-import { Button, ProgressBar, TableView, Dialog } from 'pankow';
+import { Button, ButtonGroup, ProgressBar, FormGroup, TextInput, Checkbox, TableView, Dialog } from 'pankow';
 import { prettyLongDate } from 'pankow/utils';
 import { TASK_TYPES, SECRET_PLACEHOLDER } from '../constants.js';
 import Section from  '../components/Section.vue';
@@ -151,10 +151,8 @@ async function onDownloadConfig(backup) {
   download(filename, JSON.stringify(tmp, null, 4));
 }
 
-function onEdit(backup) {
-  console.log('edit', backup);
-}
 
+// backups info dialog
 const infoDialog = useTemplateRef('infoDialog');
 const infoBackup = ref({ contents: [] });
 function onInfo(backup) {
@@ -162,6 +160,37 @@ function onInfo(backup) {
   infoDialog.value.open();
 }
 
+
+// edit backups dialog
+const editDialog = useTemplateRef('editDialog');
+const editBackupError = ref('');
+const editBackupBusy = ref(false);
+const editBackupId = ref('');
+const editBackupLabel = ref('');
+const editBackupPersist = ref(false);
+function onEdit(backup) {
+  editBackupError.value = '';
+  editBackupBusy.value = false;
+  editBackupId.value = backup.id;
+  editBackupLabel.value = backup.label;
+  editBackupPersist.value = backup.preserveSecs === -1;
+  editDialog.value.open();
+}
+
+async function onEditSubmit() {
+  editBackupBusy.value = true;
+
+  const [error] = await backupsModel.edit(editBackupId.value, editBackupLabel.value, editBackupPersist.value ? -1 : 0);
+  if (error) {
+    return console.error(error);
+  }
+
+  await refreshBackups();
+  editBackupBusy.value = false;
+  editDialog.value.close();
+}
+
+
 onMounted(async () => {
   await refreshBackups();
   await refreshTasks();
@@ -209,6 +238,29 @@ onMounted(async () => {
     </span>
   </Dialog>
 
+  <Dialog ref="editDialog"
+    :title="$t('backups.backupEdit.title')"
+    :reject-label="editBackupBusy ? '' : $t('main.dialog.cancel')"
+     reject-style="secondary"
+    :confirm-label="$t('main.dialog.save')"
+    :confirm-busy="editBackupBusy"
+    @confirm="onEditSubmit()"
+  >
+    <p class="has-error text-center" v-show="editBackupError">{{ editBackupError }}</p>
+
+    <form @submit.prevent="onEditSubmit()" autocomplete="off">
+      <fieldset>
+        <FormGroup>
+          <label for="backupLabelInput">{{ $t('backups.backupEdit.label') }}</label>
+          <TextInput id="backupLabelInput" v-model="editBackupLabel" />
+        </FormGroup>
+
+        <Checkbox v-model="editBackupPersist" :label="$t('backups.backupEdit.preserved.description')" />
+        <!-- <sup><a popover-placement="top-right" popover-trigger="outsideClick" uib-popover="{{ 'backups.backupEdit.preserved.tooltip' | tr: { appsLength: editBackup.backup.contents.length} }}"><i class="fa fa-question-circle"></i></a></sup> -->
+      </fieldset>
+    </form>
+  </Dialog>
+
   <Section :title="$t('backups.listing.title')">
     <template #header-buttons>
       <Button tool icon="fas fa-align-left" v-tooltip="$t('settings.updates.showLogsAction')" :menu="taskLogsMenu" :disabled="!taskLogsMenu.length"/>
@@ -219,7 +271,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
         <i class="fas fa-archive" v-show="slotProps.preserveSecs === -1" v-tooltip="$t('backups.listing.tooltipPreservedBackup')"></i>
       </template>
 
-      <template #creationTime="slotProps">{{ prettyLongDate(slotProps.creationTime) }}</template>
+      <template #creationTime="slotProps">{{ prettyLongDate(slotProps.creationTime) }} <b v-show="slotProps.label">({{ slotProps.label }})</b></template>
 
       <template #content="slotProps">
         <span v-if="slotProps.contents.length">{{ $t('backups.listing.appCount', { appCount: slotProps.contents.length }) }}</span>
@@ -228,8 +280,11 @@ onMounted(async () => {
 
       <template #actions="slotProps">
         <div class="table-actions">
-          <Button tool secondary small icon="fa-solid fa-pencil-alt" v-tooltip="$t('backups.listing.tooltipEditBackup')" @click.stop="onEdit(slotProps)"></Button>
-          <Button tool secondary small icon="fa-solid fa-file-alt" v-tooltip="$t('backups.listing.tooltipDownloadBackupConfig')" @click.stop="onDownloadConfig(slotProps)"></Button>
+          <ButtonGroup>
+            <Button tool secondary small icon="fa-solid fa-circle-info" @click.stop="onInfo(slotProps)"></Button>
+            <Button tool secondary small icon="fa-solid fa-pencil-alt" v-tooltip="$t('backups.listing.tooltipEditBackup')" @click.stop="onEdit(slotProps)"></Button>
+            <Button tool secondary small icon="fa-solid fa-file-alt" v-tooltip="$t('backups.listing.tooltipDownloadBackupConfig')" @click.stop="onDownloadConfig(slotProps)"></Button>
+          </ButtonGroup>
         </div>
       </template>
     </TableView>
diff --git a/dashboard/src/models/BackupsModel.js b/dashboard/src/models/BackupsModel.js
index 1d3aae9cb..122d7f8d7 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/models/BackupsModel.js
+++ b/dashboard/src/models/BackupsModel.js
@@ -31,6 +31,18 @@ function create() {
       if (error || result.status !== 202) return [error || result];
       return [null, result.body.taskId];
     },
+    async edit(id, label, preserveSecs) {
+      // if preserveSecs === -1 we will keep it
+      let error, result;
+      try {
+        result = await fetcher.post(`${origin}/api/v1/backups/${id}`, { label, preserveSecs }, { access_token: accessToken });
+      } catch (e) {
+        error = e;
+      }
+
+      if (error || result.status !== 200) return [error || result];
+      return [null];
+    },
     async getConfig() {
       let error, result;
       try {