{"id":13913,"date":"2026-07-28T07:58:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T07:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/?p=13913"},"modified":"2026-10-29T15:18:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T15:18:56","slug":"how-to-manage-backups-in-managed-hermes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-to-manage-backups-in-managed-hermes\/","title":{"rendered":"How to manage backups in Managed Hermes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Managed Hermes automatically backs up your application every day, allowing you to restore your agent to an earlier state whenever needed. Backups are created and managed automatically without requiring manual setup.<\/p><p>To manage Managed Hermes backups, open the Backups page, then restore, download, or review the restore history of a backup.<\/p><h3>Before you start<\/h3><ul>\n<li>You must have an active <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-hostinger-managed-hermes-service\" href=\"\/ai-automation-apps\"><strong>Hostinger Managed Hermes service<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure your<a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-managed-hermes-application\" href=\"\/support\/hostinger-managed-hermes-overview-and-setup\/\"> Managed Hermes application<\/a> has been active for at least 24 hours.<\/li>\n<li>Note that backups are generated automatically once daily and retained for 7 days.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h-navigate-to-the-backups-interface\">Navigate to the Backups interface<\/h2><p>To access your application backups, open the backups management panel inside your control area:<\/p><ol>\n<li>Select the <strong>Hermes<\/strong> section from the left sidebar menu.<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>Manage<\/strong> button next to your application to <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-manage-your-hermes\" href=\"\/support\/hostinger-managed-hermes-how-to-manage-your-application-on-hostinger-dashboard\/\">manage your Hermes<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Select the <strong>Backups<\/strong> option from the management menu.<\/li>\n<\/ol><p>Inside the Backups page, you can toggle between two tabs:<\/p><ul>\n<li><strong>Restore and download<\/strong>: Select, restore, or download available daily backups.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Restore history<\/strong>: Audit previous restoration operations and their statuses.<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">If your application is new, you will see &ldquo;No backups available yet. Backups appear once daily and are kept for 7 days&rdquo; message until your first automated daily backup completes.<\/div><h2 id=\"h-restore-a-backup\">Restore a backup<\/h2><p>Restoring returns your application to the exact state saved in the selected backup:<\/p><ol>\n<li>Open the <strong>Restore and download<\/strong> tab.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13914\" src=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-28_14-55.png\/public\" alt=\"\" width=\"858\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-28_14-55.png\/w=858,fit=scale-down 858w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-28_14-55.png\/w=300,fit=scale-down 300w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-28_14-55.png\/w=768,fit=scale-down 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Select your desired backup from the dropdown menu (listed by date and time, newest first).<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13915\" src=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-28_14-55_1.png\/public\" alt=\"\" width=\"754\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-28_14-55_1.png\/w=754,fit=scale-down 754w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-28_14-55_1.png\/w=300,fit=scale-down 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Restore application<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Read the notice, then select the confirmation checkbox to acknowledge that current application files will be replaced.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13916\" src=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-28_14-55_2.png\/public\" alt=\"\" width=\"729\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-28_14-55_2.png\/w=729,fit=scale-down 729w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-28_14-55_2.png\/w=300,fit=scale-down 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Restore<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol><p>Your application will restart and begin restoring. The process usually takes about <strong>5 minutes<\/strong>, and a notification will display once completed. Only one restore operation can run at a time.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #feedaf80;border-color: #fbc91633\">Restoring replaces all current application files and cannot be undone. If you want to keep your current setup, download a backup copy before restoring.<\/div><h2 id=\"h-download-a-backup-copy\">Download a backup copy<\/h2><p>You can save a local copy of any available backup to your device:<\/p><ol>\n<li>Open the <strong>Restore and download<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n<li>Select the backup you want to download from the dropdown menu.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Download backup<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol><p>Your backup will be prepared in the background (which may take <strong>up to an hour<\/strong> for larger applications). Once ready, a notification will appear with a temporary download link.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">Download links are available for a limited time and will expire. If a link expires, re-initiate the download request from the menu to generate a fresh link.<\/div><h2 id=\"h-check-your-restore-history\">Check your restore history<\/h2><p>To view past restoration activity and monitor ongoing restores:<\/p><ol>\n<li>Open the <strong>Restore history<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n<li>Review your past restores, including requested timestamps, backup dates, and statuses (<strong>In progress, Completed, or Failed<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ol><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13917\" src=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-28_14-55_3.png\/public\" alt=\"\" width=\"815\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-28_14-55_3.png\/w=815,fit=scale-down 815w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-28_14-55_3.png\/w=300,fit=scale-down 300w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-28_14-55_3.png\/w=768,fit=scale-down 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><\/p><h2 id=\"h-start-over-with-a-clean-managed-hermes-application\">Start over with a clean Managed Hermes application<\/h2><p>Restoring a backup returns your Managed Hermes application to the state saved on that date, not to its default configuration. To change your configuration without starting over, edit or delete variables in the Environment section, as described in <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-how-to-manage-environment-variables-in-managed-hermes\" href=\"\/support\/how-to-manage-environment-variables-in-managed-hermes\/\">How to manage environment variables in Managed Hermes. <\/a><\/p><p>To start over with a new application, delete the current application and click <strong>Setup<\/strong> on the Hermes main page, as described in <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-hostinger-managed-hermes-how-to-manage-your-application-on-h\" href=\"\/support\/hostinger-managed-hermes-how-to-manage-your-application-on-hostinger-dashboard\/\">Hostinger Managed Hermes: how to manage your application on Hostinger dashboard<\/a>. Deleting the application removes it permanently, so download a backup first if you want to keep a copy. Deleting the application doesn&rsquo;t cancel your Managed Hermes subscription.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to view, download, and restore automated daily backups for your Managed Hermes agent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":594,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_content_updated_date":"","include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[314],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hermes"],"hreflangs":[],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13913","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\/594"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13913"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23770,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13913\/revisions\/23770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}