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How to Back Up and Restore Your Website

Last updated on Apr 30, 2025

JetBackup gives you full control over backing up and restoring your website, databases, emails, cron jobs, and more — all from within your hosting control panel.

Whether you want to restore your site after an issue, roll back a file change, or just grab a copy of your data, this guide will walk you through using JetBackup confidently.

🛠 First: Access Your Hosting Control Panel

If you’re not already logged in, follow this guide:
👉 How to Access Your Web Hosting Control Panel

Once logged in, find the JetBackup section in your hosting dashboard.

📦 What You Can Back Up or Restore

JetBackup allows you to back up or restore:

  • Full account (everything: files, databases, email, settings)

  • Home directory (website files only)

  • MySQL databases

  • Cron jobs and DNS zones

Backups are created automatically on our servers and retained for a defined period (typically daily or weekly depending on your plan).

📥 How to Restore from a Backup

🔄 Full Account Restore

  1. Go to JetBackup in the control panel

  2. Click on Full Account Backups

  3. Choose a backup date from the list

  4. Click Restore

  5. Confirm the restore — your account will be restored to that point in time

This option is useful if you want to undo major changes or recover from a full site failure.

📁 Restore Website Files (Home Directory)

  1. Go to JetBackup

  2. Click on File Backups or Home Directory

  3. Browse or search to locate specific files/folders

  4. Select what you want to restore

  5. Click Restore Selected and confirm

Perfect for undoing a broken upload or code change without affecting databases or emails.

🗃️ Restore a Database

  1. In JetBackup, go to Database Backups

  2. Find the database you'd like to restore

  3. Choose a backup date

  4. Click Restore and confirm

Only the selected database will be affected — ideal for WordPress rollbacks or recovering lost data.

💾 Download a Backup Copy

If you want to store a backup offline:

  1. In any backup section (e.g. Files, Databases), choose a backup

  2. Click Generate Download

  3. Once ready, you'll see a link to download the compressed backup

This is ideal if you're migrating or want your own archive.

⚠️ Things to Keep in Mind

  • Restores are permanent: they will overwrite current data

  • You can restore specific parts (like just files or a database)

  • Do not make changes while a restore is in progress

  • If unsure, contact support before restoring anything major