{"id":1327,"date":"2019-02-08T10:36:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1884234-how-to-upload-backups-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T15:01:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T15:01:29","slug":"1884234-how-to-upload-backups-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1884234-how-to-upload-backups-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to upload backups at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">Upload backups at Hostinger to move a website from your local device to your hosting plan. Upload the website files with File Manager, an FTP client, or SSH, then upload the database with phpMyAdmin or SSH.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_ec781e61c5\">File upload<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Choose the most suitable method from the following options based on your requirements:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-file-manager\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1869114-how-to-upload-backups-with-file-manager-in-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">File Manager<\/a> <\/b>&mdash;<b> <\/b>with an increased upload limit of 100&nbsp;GB, use this method for larger files. You will need to manually <b><a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-extract-the-archive\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583613-how-to-extract-archives-using-the-file-manager-in-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extract the archive<\/a><\/b> after uploading<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-ftp-client\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1869164-how-to-upload-backups-with-ftp-in-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FTP client<\/a><\/b> is recommended if you want to upload <b>several files<\/b>, or large archives <b>exceeding 100&nbsp;GB<\/b>. Remember to follow your FTP client&rsquo;s instructions for unpacking the archive<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-using-ssh\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4466851-how-to-upload-a-backup-using-ssh-at-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Using SSH<\/a><\/b> is ideal if your hosting plan is <b>Web Premium or above<\/b>, for files larger than 100&nbsp;GB. You will need to <b><a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-unpack-the-archive\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/5822386-ssh-cheat-sheet\/#h_53273ebdd3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unpack the archive<\/a> <\/b>after you upload it.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>See all the methods for uploading your website to Hostinger in one video:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-h2b-video\">\n<p><iframe title=\"How to Upload a Website to the Internet\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HzQIbfGgvek?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>\n<\/div><h2 id=\"h_788d9e865f\">Database upload<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">If your website uses a database, you must also upload it to the hosting plan. You have two options:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-via-phpmyadmin\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1864324-how-to-upload-and-set-up-your-database-at-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Via phpMyAdmin<\/a> <\/b>&mdash; this option is suitable for databases up to <b>256&nbsp;MB<\/b> in size<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-via-ssh\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4536306-how-to-import-a-database-over-ssh-in-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Via SSH<\/a><\/b> &mdash; it&rsquo;s an excellent option for larger databases when your hosting plan is <b>Web Premium or above<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">These methods will help you upload your website, whether you have developed it locally or generated your website backup from a <b><a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-different-provider\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1863862-how-to-generate-backups-from-other-providers-at-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">different provider<\/a><\/b>. For the full process, from adding the website to connecting its database, see <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-how-to-upload-a-website-from-backups-at-hostinger\" href=\"\/support\/how-to-upload-a-website-from-backups\/\">How to upload a website from backups at Hostinger.<\/a> Once your website is uploaded, <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-create-a-backup\" href=\"\/support\/2298928-how-to-create-backups-at-hostinger\/\">create a backup<\/a> to save its new state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upload backups at Hostinger: upload website files with File Manager, FTP, or SSH, and import the database with phpMyAdmin or SSH.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[272],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uploading-a-backup"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1884234-how-to-upload-backups-at-hostinger","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/1884234-como-cargar-una-copia-de-seguridad-en-hostinger","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/1884234-comment-importer-une-sauvegarde-chez-hostinger","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/1884234-cara-upload-backup-di-hostinger","default":0},{"locale":"pt-BR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/1884234-como-fazer-upload-de-backup-na-hostinger","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/1884234-\u044f\u043a-\u0437\u0430\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0436\u0438\u0442\u0438-\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0435\u0440\u0432\u043d\u0456-\u043a\u043e\u043f\u0456\u0457-\u0432-hostinger","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1327"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23274,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327\/revisions\/23274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}