{"id":1321,"date":"2019-02-08T10:36:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/2298928-how-to-create-backups-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T09:27:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T09:27:38","slug":"2298928-how-to-create-backups-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/2298928-how-to-create-backups-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create backups at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If your website is created with <b>Hostinger Website Builder<\/b>, refer to this article instead: <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/6436203-website-builder-how-to-create-and-restore-website-backups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website Builder: How to Create and Restore Website Backups<\/a><b> &#128161; <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">At Hostinger, if your hosting plan is <b>Business or greater<\/b>, you can use the Backup tool to manually create backups of all the files and databases on your hosting plan.<\/p><p>To follow along visually, watch our step-by-step video guide on creating and restoring backups in Hostinger hPanel.<\/p><p><iframe title=\"Downloading and Restoring Backups Using Hostinger hPanel\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t-56tPk7SxU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Go to <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Websites<\/a> <\/b>&rarr;<b> Dashboard<\/b>, search for <b>Backups<\/b> on the sidebar, and click on it:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/04\/b00ceec8-7883-4ccf-98d4-50d67b600371.jpg\" alt=\"Hostinger hPanel sidebar with the Backups menu item highlighted under Files\" data-media-id=\"2911\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Once there, click <b>Select<\/b> on the<b> Create Backup<\/b> option:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/c18cb376-fdd6-4c3f-935d-438e33c0420d.jpg\" alt=\"Hostinger backups page with Create backup button highlighted in Manual backups section\" width=\"635\" data-media-id=\"4990\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Next, click on <b>Continue<\/b>, and the backup will start to be prepared.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/d9b8f5e8-0309-4876-b35c-a296b05756a7.jpg\" alt=\"Create new backup dialog with Continue button highlighted\" width=\"635\" data-media-id=\"4992\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">The process can take a few minutes to a few hours, depending on the number and size of files and databases in your hosting plan.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Once the files and database backups are generated, you will be able to <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/5981435-how-to-download-backups-at-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download them to your device<\/a><\/b> or use them to <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4283700-how-to-restore-backups-at-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">perform a restoration<\/a><\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Information that is visible in the <b>Manage Backups<\/b> section:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">The date of <b>the last backup<\/b>:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/14b00bd2-a859-4501-888c-a56541dd682d.jpg\" alt=\"Hostinger backups page showing latest backup date and time highlighted in the Website backups panel\" width=\"635\" data-media-id=\"4993\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">The date of <b>the next backup<\/b>:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/5fd04ce5-4e78-4349-8b35-4afcc587299a.jpg\" alt=\"Hostinger website backups page showing the next automated backup date highlighted in the automated backups card\" width=\"635\" data-media-id=\"4995\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Ability to directly make <b>a manual backup<\/b>:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/6cf07dd1-3887-4c12-9282-7c0e6c7b8ca8.jpg\" alt=\"Hostinger website backups page with the Create backup button highlighted\" width=\"635\" data-media-id=\"4994\"><\/div><div><\/div><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">You can generate a <b>new backup <\/b>using this method <b>once every 24 hours. <\/b>If your hosting plan does not include this feature, consider <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583459-how-to-upgrade-a-hosting-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upgrading<\/a> <\/b>it &#128640;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating backups of your website at 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