diff --git a/ansible/roles/ovos_installer/tasks/ovos.yml b/ansible/roles/ovos_installer/tasks/ovos.yml
index b638c010..9eb8f662 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ovos_installer/tasks/ovos.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ovos_installer/tasks/ovos.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,38 @@
 ---
+- name: Define directories to backup before uninstall
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    ovos_directories_backup:
+      - "{{ ovos_installer_user_home }}/ovos"
+      - "{{ ovos_installer_user_home }}/hivemind"
+      - "{{ ovos_installer_user_home }}/.config/wireplumber"
+  when: ovos_installer_method == "containers"
+  tags:
+    - uninstall
+
+- name: Define directories to backup before uninstall
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    ovos_directories_backup:
+      - "{{ ovos_installer_user_home }}/.config/systemd"
+      - "{{ ovos_installer_user_home }}/.config/mycroft"
+      - "{{ ovos_installer_user_home }}/.config/hivemind"
+      - "{{ ovos_installer_user_home }}/.config/OpenVoiceOS"
+      - "{{ ovos_installer_user_home }}/.config/wireplumber"
+      - "{{ ovos_installer_user_home }}/.local/share/hivemind"
+  when: ovos_installer_method == "virtualenv"
+  tags:
+    - uninstall
+
+- name: Backup existing configurations before uninstall
+  community.general.archive:
+    path: "{{ ovos_directories_backup }}"
+    dest: "{{ ovos_installer_user_home }}/"
+    owner: "{{ ovos_installer_user }}"
+    group: "{{ ovos_installer_group }}"
+    mode: "0755"    
+    format: bz2
+  tags:
+    - uninstall
+
 - name: Create directories
   ansible.builtin.file:
     path: "{{ item.directory }}"