How To Manage cPanel Backups

This article describes how to download backups of your website and then restore them by using cPanel.

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Why You should create a backup in cPanel

Regularly creating a website backup is an essential part of website maintenance that helps to protect against data loss, ensure easy recovery, and provide peace of mind.

There are several reasons why you should create a website backup:

1. Protection against data loss: Backing up your website regularly protects you against data loss due to technical issues, hacking, or other unforeseen circumstances.
2. Easy recovery: In case of a problem, having a backup makes it easy to restore your website to its previous state.
3. Peace of mind: Having a backup plan in place can give you peace of mind, knowing that your website’s data is secure and can be easily restored if necessary.
4. Compliance: Depending on the type of website you have, there may be legal or regulatory requirements to keep backup copies of your data.

How to create a full backup of your website in cPanel

To create a full backup of your website using cPanel, follow these steps:

1. Log in to cPanel.
   If you’re unsure of how to log in to cPanel, please follow this article.
2. In the search bar, type “backup”, then click Backup
   
3. Under the Full Backup heading, select Download a Full Account Backup.
4. In the Backup Destination list box, select the home directory to save your backup file.
5. Enter your email address in the email address field.
6. Click Generate Backup & cPanel will create the backup. Once the backup has been completed, you will receive an email.

How to download the full backup of your website in cPanel

Once you have generated your full cPanel backup from the above steps, you should now have the option to download the backup file. To download a full backup, follow these steps:

1. Log in to cPanel.
   If you’re unsure of how to log in to cPanel, please follow this article.
2. In the search bar, type “backup”, then select Backup
3. Under the Full Backup heading, select Download a Full Account Backup.
   
4. Under the header, Backups Available for Download, select the file that you wish to download.

How to download a partial backup in cPanel

To download an existing partial backup, follow these steps:

1. Log in to cPanel.
   If you’re unsure of how to log in to cPanel, please follow this article.
2. In the search bar, type “backup”, then select Backup.
   
   
3. Under the Partial Backups heading, select the name of the backup file that you want to download. The following backup types could be available to download:
   – Home Directory
   – MySQL databases
   – E-mail forwarders
   – E-mail filters

Restoring a partial backup in cPanel

To restore an existing partial backup, follow these steps:

1. Log in to cPanel.
   If you’re unsure of how to log in to cPanel, please follow this article.
2. In the search bar, type “backup”, then select Backup.
   
   
3. Under the Partial Backups heading, select Choose file, then select the partial backup file that you want to restore. Once the file has been uploaded, click Upload.