How to Back Up Your Website Manually

It’s important to keep backups of your website files and databases.

Steps to Back Up Files:

1. Log in to your cPanel.

2. Go to File Manager under the Files section.

3. Navigate to the folder containing your website files (usually public_html).

4. Select all files/folders, then click Compress.

5. Choose a compression type (ZIP is recommended), then click Compress Files.

6. Download the compressed file to your computer.

Steps to Back Up Database:

1. In cPanel, go to phpMyAdmin under Databases.

2. Select your website’s database from the list on the left.

3. Click the Export tab.

4. Use the Quick export method and SQL format.

5. Click Go and save the .sql file to your computer.