{"id":1032,"date":"2021-09-28T09:34:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T09:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2021\/09\/28\/5605866-how-to-create-a-backup-of-your-minecraft-server-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:10","slug":"5605866-how-to-create-a-backup-of-your-minecraft-server-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5605866-how-to-create-a-backup-of-your-minecraft-server-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Backup of Your Minecraft Server at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">You can create a backup of your Minecraft server by accessing your Minecraft <b>Instances<\/b> by double-clicking on it:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2021\/09\/e5c3e585-b3b3-4e9d-8b0e-e8383b205e99.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">There, select <b>Backups<\/b>:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2021\/09\/4513d05e-9d6f-4157-ad55-1159f541c636.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">In the Backups section, you may create a manual backup by filling out its name and clicking on <b>Create Backup<\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2021\/09\/7617c4fc-b8ce-4030-91bc-1784904afdcb.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If you&rsquo;d rather set up an automatic backup schedule, click on <b>Setup Schedule<\/b> at the top of the screen.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2021\/09\/f86971fe-f481-47da-a5e5-3c095f5f30b8.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Keep in mind that after restoring a backup, you <b>must restart the Minecraft server<\/b> for changes to take effect.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_f06be7037a\">How to download a backup<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">If you want to download a backup of your Minecraft server to a local device, first stop your server by accessing your Minecraft <b>Instance<\/b> and clicking on <b>Stop Instance<\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Next, <b><a href=\"\/support\/5550782-how-to-upload-files-to-your-minecraft-server#h_e9f0f9aa96\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">connect to your server via FTP<\/a><\/b>,<b> <\/b>select the folders you want to download, and drag them to the desired location on your device to start the download.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">When the download is complete, <b>restart<\/b> your server.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating your Minecraft server backups via Game 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