{"id":2822,"date":"2013-09-04T18:58:16","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T22:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2013\/09\/04\/backup-files\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:11:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:11:05","slug":"backup-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/backup-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Backup files"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to making a backup of your website files, there are many options available.<\/p>\n<p>If you just wanted your email and website files you could create a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/cpanel-backups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">partial cPanel backup<\/a>. If you also wanted to grab a copy of your database for safekeeping, you could either <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/cpanel-backups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">backup your database in cPanel<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/cpanel-backups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">backup your database in phpMyAdmin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you wanted every last detail of your account backed up, then you&#8217;d want to go with a <a href=\"\/support\/website\/backing-up-your-cpanel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full cPanel backup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a larger cPanel account you wouldn&#8217;t want to use the built-in backup tools, and instead you could <a href=\"\/support\/website\/create-backup-using-ftp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">create a FTP backup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are planning on making changes to a file on your server, you might want to think to <a href=\"\/support\/website\/backup-a-file-before-editing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">backup a file before editing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Finally if you&#8217;ve used Softaculous install an application to create your website, you can also <a href=\"\/support\/product-guides\/softaculous\/create-backup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">backup your Softaculous install<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to making a backup of your website files, there are many options available. If you just wanted your email and website files you could create a partial cPanel backup. If you also wanted to grab a copy of your database for safekeeping, you could either backup your database in cPanel or backup<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/backup-files\/\"> Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57014,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4315,4288],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-backup-and-restore","category-website"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Backup files | InMotion Hosting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There are many ways to backup files from the server for safe keeping.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/backup-files\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Backup files | InMotion Hosting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There are many ways to backup files from the server for safe keeping.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/backup-files\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"InMotion Hosting Support Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inmotionhosting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-09-04T22:58:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-17T03:11:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"InMotion Hosting Contributor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/InMotionHosting\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@InMotionHosting\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"InMotion Hosting Contributor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/backup-files\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/backup-files\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"InMotion Hosting Contributor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/person\/f9a4fc454cd1df128ee8e898d30d4644\"},\"headline\":\"Backup files\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-04T22:58:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-17T03:11:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/backup-files\/\"},\"wordCount\":152,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Backups and Restorations\",\"Website\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/backup-files\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/backup-files\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/backup-files\/\",\"name\":\"Backup files | InMotion Hosting\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-04T22:58:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-17T03:11:05+00:00\",\"description\":\"There are many ways to backup files from the server for safe keeping.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/backup-files\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/backup-files\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/backup-files\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Backup files\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/\",\"name\":\"InMotion Hosting Support Center\",\"description\":\"Web Hosting Support &amp; Tutorials\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#organization\",\"name\":\"InMotion Hosting\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/inmotion-hosting-logo-yoast.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/inmotion-hosting-logo-yoast.jpg\",\"width\":696,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"InMotion Hosting\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inmotionhosting\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/InMotionHosting\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/person\/f9a4fc454cd1df128ee8e898d30d4644\",\"name\":\"InMotion Hosting Contributor\",\"description\":\"InMotion Hosting contributors are highly knowledgeable individuals who create relevant content on new trends and troubleshooting techniques to help you achieve your online goals!\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/inmotion-hosting\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/InMotionHosting\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/author\/inmotion-hosting-contributor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Backup files | InMotion Hosting","description":"There are many ways to backup files from the server for safe keeping.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/backup-files\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Backup files | InMotion Hosting","og_description":"There are many ways to backup files from the server for safe keeping.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/backup-files\/","og_site_name":"InMotion Hosting Support Center","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inmotionhosting\/","article_published_time":"2013-09-04T22:58:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-08-17T03:11:05+00:00","author":"InMotion Hosting Contributor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/InMotionHosting","twitter_site":"@InMotionHosting","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"InMotion Hosting Contributor","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/backup-files\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/backup-files\/"},"author":{"name":"InMotion Hosting Contributor","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/person\/f9a4fc454cd1df128ee8e898d30d4644"},"headline":"Backup files","datePublished":"2013-09-04T22:58:16+00:00","dateModified":"2021-08-17T03:11:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/backup-files\/"},"wordCount":152,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Backups and Restorations","Website"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/backup-files\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/backup-files\/","url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/backup-files\/","name":"Backup files | InMotion Hosting","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-09-04T22:58:16+00:00","dateModified":"2021-08-17T03:11:05+00:00","description":"There are many ways to backup files from the server for safe keeping.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/backup-files\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/backup-files\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/backup-files\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Backup files"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/","name":"InMotion Hosting Support Center","description":"Web Hosting Support &amp; Tutorials","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#organization","name":"InMotion Hosting","url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/inmotion-hosting-logo-yoast.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/inmotion-hosting-logo-yoast.jpg","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"InMotion Hosting"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inmotionhosting\/","https:\/\/x.com\/InMotionHosting"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/person\/f9a4fc454cd1df128ee8e898d30d4644","name":"InMotion Hosting Contributor","description":"InMotion Hosting contributors are highly knowledgeable individuals who create relevant content on new trends and troubleshooting techniques to help you achieve your online goals!","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/inmotion-hosting\/","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/InMotionHosting"],"url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/author\/inmotion-hosting-contributor\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"primary_category":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57014"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2822"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84521,"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2822\/revisions\/84521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}