{"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":"2026-03-16T12:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:15","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\">If you have a backup of your website on your local device and wish to transfer it to your hosting plan, follow these steps to upload the <b>files and databases<\/b>:<\/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 class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/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 class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583613-how-to-extract-archives-using-file-manager\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extract the archive<\/a><\/b> after uploading<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/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 class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4466851-how-to-upload-a-backup-using-ssh\" 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 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><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 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 class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4536306-how-to-import-a-database-over-ssh\" 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 class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1863862-how-to-generate-a-website-s-backup-from-other-providers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">different provider<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uploading your website&#8217;s backups<\/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-PT","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------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":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5789,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327\/revisions\/5789"}],"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}]}}