Disclosed herein are systems and method for minimizing fan noise during a data backup. In one exemplary aspect, a method may comprise initiating, at a computing device, a data backup at a first backup rate, wherein the computing device comprises a fan that regulates an internal temperature of the computing device. The method may comprise calculating a noise level of the fan. The method may comprise comparing the noise level to a threshold noise level. In response to determining that the noise level exceeds the threshold noise level based on the comparison, the method may comprise reducing a backup rate of the data backup to a second backup rate, such that the noise level equals the threshold noise level. The method may comprise performing the data backup at the second backup rate.