At Hostinger, we provide automated weekly backups for all our web and cloud hosting plans. In addition, if your hosting plan is Business or greater, you have daily backups enabled.
Downloading backups is not available for websites created with Hostinger Website Builder.
To download a backup, go to Websites → Dashboard, search for Backups on the sidebar, and click on it. There, you will find the option to download files or databases:
Download files
To download your files, select Files backups:
The complete list of all the available backups by date will be shown on the drop-down menu. The time indicates when the backup was created, in your local timezone.
Choose the backup preferred date from these options and click on Show files:
After a moment, the list of files and directories in your hosting plan's home directory will appear:
Checkboxes – these checkboxes are only for the backup restorarion functionality. You don't need to select them for backup download.
Updated at – this column shows the date when the file or directory was last updated. In the case of directories, it shows the date of the directory itself, meaning that the files within it could have been updated more recently.
In this area you will find the content of your hosting plan, that is, the files and directories of the websites hosted at the date and time the backup was created.
Download all files - Clicking on this button will download all the files of all your websites within the hosting plan.
After clicking on Download all files, you will be notified with a pop-up that backup preparation has started. Close the notification, and wait a few minutes. The time will vary depending on the size of your backup.
When it is ready, the option to download it will appear below the. Click on Download Backup:
The downloaded archive will be in .tar.gz format.
Download databases
To download a database, select Database backups:
The list of all the backed up databases will be shown on the drop-down menu. If you're unsure which database corresponds to a specific website, you can check the website's configuration file.
Choose the database from the list and click on Show databases to get the list of available backup dates:
Select the date using the radio button, and click on Download. A pop-up will appear indicating that the backup is in preparation. Close the notification, and wait a few minutes. The time will vary depending on the size of your database backup.
Once it's ready, click on Download Backup:
The downloaded database will be in a compressed .sql.gz format.
Now that you have downloaded your files and databases to your local device, you can keep them securely stored and readily accessible whenever necessary.
Downloading specific files
The Files backups feature in hPanel is designed to automatically download all the files within your hosting plan. If you only need specific files, such as those from one of your websites, you can use the File Manager or FTP to download them.
If you are using WordPress for your website, you can generate a backup for a specific website. Backup links will be sent directly to your email. Prepared backups will contain:
Website files
Database
Downloading a backup for a specific WordPress website
Go to Websites → Dashboard, search for Backups on the sidebar
Once you click on Backups, it will take you to this page, and choose Restore Website
Don't worry, backup links for your files and database will be sent directly to your email!
NOTES
Weekly backups are stored for 6 weeks, and daily backups for 7 days. After that time, older backups are permanently removed and are no longer available for backup or restoration.
If a backup for your desired date or time isn't listed, it means that particular backup doesn't exist.
The date and time of the automatic backup creation is fixed and cannot be modified.
Backups are stored separately and, therefore, do not count toward your disk quota.