{"id":1896,"date":"2026-01-28T03:01:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T03:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/docs\/how-to-back-up-your-website-in-cpanel-full-partial-backups\/how-to-back-up-your-website-in-cpanel-full-partial-backups\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T22:35:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T22:35:35","slug":"how-to-back-up-your-website-in-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/docs\/getting-started\/how-to-back-up-your-website-in-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Back Up Your Website in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keeping regular backups of your website is critical. cPanel offers a built-in backup tool that lets you download a full copy of your hosting account \u2014 including files, emails, and databases \u2014 in just a few clicks. This guide covers both full account backups and partial backups for files and databases separately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Option A: Full Account Backup (Recommended)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A full backup includes everything: your website files, all MySQL databases, email accounts, email forwarders, DNS zone files, and cPanel settings. It&#8217;s the safest choice for a complete restore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Log in to your <strong>cPanel<\/strong> (your VeerHost login URL is usually <code>yourdomain.com:2083<\/code> or via your client area)<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Files<\/strong> section, click <strong>Backup<\/strong> or <strong>Backup Wizard<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Under <strong>Full Backup<\/strong>, click <strong>Download a Full Website Backup<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>For <strong>Backup Destination<\/strong>, select <strong>Home Directory<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Enter your email address to be notified when the backup is ready<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Generate Backup<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the backup is generated, go back to the Backup page and you&#8217;ll see the backup file listed under <strong>Backups Available for Download<\/strong>. Click it to download it to your computer. The file will be named something like <code>backup-3.31.2026_12-00-00_yourdomain.tar.gz<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Important:<\/strong> A full backup can only be used to restore via cPanel&#8217;s restore tool \u2014 it cannot be used to restore individual files directly. Always download the backup to your computer; a backup stored only on your server is not a real backup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Option B: Partial Backup \u2014 Files Only<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you only need to back up your website files (not databases or email):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In cPanel, go to <strong>Files &gt; Backup<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Under <strong>Partial Backups<\/strong>, click <strong>Home Directory<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <code>homedir.tar.gz<\/code> file will download immediately to your computer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Option C: Partial Backup \u2014 MySQL Database Only<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Backing up just a database is fast and essential before any WordPress plugin updates or site edits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In cPanel, go to <strong>Files &gt; Backup<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Under <strong>Partial Backups &gt; MySQL Databases<\/strong>, click the database name you want to back up<\/li>\n<li>The <code>.sql.gz<\/code> file downloads immediately<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Option D: Export a Database via phpMyAdmin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more control over the export format:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In cPanel, go to <strong>Databases &gt; phpMyAdmin<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Select your database from the left panel<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>Export<\/strong> tab at the top<\/li>\n<li>Leave format as <strong>SQL<\/strong> and method as <strong>Quick<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Export<\/strong> \u2014 the <code>.sql<\/code> file downloads immediately<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Restore a Backup in cPanel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To restore a previously downloaded backup:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to <strong>Files &gt; Backup Wizard<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Restore<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Choose the type: <strong>Home Directory<\/strong>, <strong>MySQL Database<\/strong>, or <strong>Email Forwarder\/Filter<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Upload the backup file and click <strong>Restore<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Automate Backups with JetBackup (If Available)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If your VeerHost hosting plan includes JetBackup, you&#8217;ll see it in cPanel. JetBackup creates automatic daily snapshots of your account that you can restore with a single click \u2014 no manual downloads needed. Check your cPanel for the JetBackup icon under the <strong>Files<\/strong> section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Backup Best Practices<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Back up <strong>before any major change<\/strong> \u2014 plugin updates, theme edits, migrations<\/li>\n<li>Store backups in <strong>at least two places<\/strong> \u2014 your computer + cloud storage (Google Drive, Dropbox)<\/li>\n<li>Test your backups periodically by actually restoring one on a staging site<\/li>\n<li>Database backups should be done separately from file backups<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping regular backups of your website is critical. cPanel offers a built-in backup tool that lets you download a full copy of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1894,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1896","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1896"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2289,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1896\/revisions\/2289"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=1896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}