Pre-requisites<\/h3>\n- Access to your Hostinger dashboard.<\/li>\n
- Available unexpired backups from the deleted website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>
Step 1 – Generate a new temporary domain<\/h2>
Since you cannot reuse the old automatically assigned string, you must start fresh with a clean slate:<\/p>
\n- Log in to your Hostinger dashboard and navigate to the Websites<\/a> section.<\/li>\n
- Click on the Create site<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n
- Select PHP\/HTML website<\/strong> from the application type options.
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<\/li>\n- Choose the option to Use a temporary domain name.
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<\/li>\n - Continue through the remaining setup screens until a new, empty website is active on your dashboard.<\/li>\n<\/ol>
Step 2 – Restore your deleted website’s files<\/h2>
Next, you need to pull your old website’s folder structure out of the system backups and into your server directory.<\/p>
\n- Go to the Files section in Hostinger dashboard and select Backups<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- Click on File backups<\/strong> and choose a backup date from before the website was deleted. Note this date, because the database backup you restore in Step 4 must be from the same date.<\/li>\n
- Select the Show files<\/strong> toggle option.
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<\/li>\n- When the list of files shows up, click on
domains.
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<\/code><\/li>\n- Check the box directly next to the folder named after your deleted temporary domain.<\/li>\n
- Confirm and click Restore selected<\/strong>. Wait for the system to complete the recovery.
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<\/li>\n<\/ol>Step 3 – Remap the directories via File Manager<\/h2>
Once restored, you will have two folders inside your server: your newly created empty temporary site and your old recovered site data. You must swap their identities so the new domain points to the old data.<\/p>
\n- Open the File Manager, ensuring you select the option to see the files for your entire hosting plan<\/strong> (the root directory), rather than a single site environment.<\/li>\n
- Navigate into the domains folder.<\/li>\n
- Locate the folder belonging to your newly generated temporary domain and rename it by appending a suffix (e.g., rename newsite.hostinger-site.com to newsite.hostinger-site.com-original).
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<\/li>\n - Locate the recovered folder belonging to your deleted website (e.g., oldsite.hostinger-site.com).<\/li>\n
- Rename that old folder to match your new temporary domain exactly (e.g., newsite.hostinger-site.com).
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<\/li>\n<\/ol>Step 4 – Database configuration and adjustments<\/h2>
If your temporary website was a dynamic application (like WordPress) or used configuration variables, you must wrap up the setup:<\/p>
Step 1 – Generate a new temporary domain<\/h2>
Since you cannot reuse the old automatically assigned string, you must start fresh with a clean slate:<\/p>
- \n
- Log in to your Hostinger dashboard and navigate to the Websites<\/a> section.<\/li>\n
- Click on the Create site<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n
- Select PHP\/HTML website<\/strong> from the application type options.
\n<\/li>\n- Choose the option to Use a temporary domain name.
\n<\/li>\n- Continue through the remaining setup screens until a new, empty website is active on your dashboard.<\/li>\n<\/ol>
Step 2 – Restore your deleted website’s files<\/h2>
Next, you need to pull your old website’s folder structure out of the system backups and into your server directory.<\/p>
- \n
- Go to the Files section in Hostinger dashboard and select Backups<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- Click on File backups<\/strong> and choose a backup date from before the website was deleted. Note this date, because the database backup you restore in Step 4 must be from the same date.<\/li>\n
- Select the Show files<\/strong> toggle option.
\n<\/li>\n- When the list of files shows up, click on
domains.
\n<\/code><\/li>\n- Check the box directly next to the folder named after your deleted temporary domain.<\/li>\n
- Confirm and click Restore selected<\/strong>. Wait for the system to complete the recovery.
\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>Step 3 – Remap the directories via File Manager<\/h2>
Once restored, you will have two folders inside your server: your newly created empty temporary site and your old recovered site data. You must swap their identities so the new domain points to the old data.<\/p>
- \n
- Open the File Manager, ensuring you select the option to see the files for your entire hosting plan<\/strong> (the root directory), rather than a single site environment.<\/li>\n
- Navigate into the domains folder.<\/li>\n
- Locate the folder belonging to your newly generated temporary domain and rename it by appending a suffix (e.g., rename newsite.hostinger-site.com to newsite.hostinger-site.com-original).
\n<\/li>\n- Locate the recovered folder belonging to your deleted website (e.g., oldsite.hostinger-site.com).<\/li>\n
- Rename that old folder to match your new temporary domain exactly (e.g., newsite.hostinger-site.com).
\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>Step 4 – Database configuration and adjustments<\/h2>
If your temporary website was a dynamic application (like WordPress) or used configuration variables, you must wrap up the setup:<\/p>
- Click on File backups<\/strong> and choose a backup date from before the website was deleted. Note this date, because the database backup you restore in Step 4 must be from the same date.<\/li>\n
- Click on the Create site<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n
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