Downloading your website files this way is useful if your disk space is close to full, as the cPanel Backup Wizard tool will increase your disk space while it creates a backup.

This method will download the files only from the automatic backups made with R1soft. It won't download the database which may also be required. If you need

to download the databas. Click here for a guide on exporting the database file using PHPMyAdmin.


Step 1 - Log in to cPanel (click here for a guide) and click on the Click Restore icon




Step 2 - Chose the date you want the to download a backup from by clicking on the yellow folder icon


Step 3 - Double click on the home folder



Now tick the box next to public_html



Click on the Download Selected button





Step 4 - Click on File Type.

Mac/Linux users: Click Download files as tick Compress tar file with gzip

Windows users: Click Download files as a zip





Now click on Download



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