{"id":26998,"date":"2022-10-19T09:29:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T09:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/?p=26998"},"modified":"2025-06-25T06:56:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T06:56:04","slug":"how-to-backup-website-files-via-file-manager-and-database-via-phpmyadmin","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/how-to-backup-website-files-via-file-manager-and-database-via-phpmyadmin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Backup Website files Via File Manager and database via phpMyAdmin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This article will show you how to backup your website files and database via phpMyAdmin<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong dir=\"ltr\">Step 1.<\/strong>\u00a0Log in to\u00a0<strong>Cpanel<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33090514189\/original\/Lsr5IpxTm0JUs7CETM4_bPc6spJUJdBceA.png?1674716030\" alt=\"How to Backup Website files Via File Manager - cPanel\" width=\"221\" height=\"372\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" data-id=\"33090514189\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 2.<\/strong>\u00a0Click on\u00a0<strong>File manager<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33090515891\/original\/o6G4MZAnOkAgrWYoDSX99e8qKlbFHx_OSA.png?1674719564\" alt=\"How to Backup Website files Via File Manager\" width=\"428\" height=\"200\" data-id=\"33090515891\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 3.<\/strong>\u00a0Click on\u00a0<strong>Home<\/strong>\u00a0on top<\/span><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33090515948\/original\/MBxrq1aNqonp7tqA_J-1iVqgyuiKZhcClQ.png?1674719655\" width=\"331\" height=\"317\" data-id=\"33090515948\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 4.<\/strong>\u00a0Right Click on\u00a0<strong>Public_HTML<\/strong>\u00a0then click on\u00a0<strong>Compress<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33090516035\/original\/4czlbbqPz9NdNMT1mH9cHCSKZGoLyc6RAg.png?1674719821\" width=\"310\" height=\"403\" data-id=\"33090516035\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 5.<\/strong>\u00a0Choose<strong>\u00a0Zip Archive<\/strong>\u00a0then click on\u00a0<strong>Compress Files<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33090516173\/original\/nb6tk-tY6byZPJLmZAMoTQsb_cvQAelr9g.png?1674720014\" width=\"440\" height=\"296\" data-id=\"33090516173\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 6.<\/strong>\u00a0You can click\u00a0<strong>close<\/strong>\u00a0on the Compression results page.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33085667750\/original\/cOBYwVKUH3i01CmJIt35E8RTa7I6l8whMQ.png?1666086903\" width=\"583\" height=\"378\" data-id=\"33085667750\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000;\">You will then be able to see the Zip file you have Compressed in the home page of the file manage,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Step 7.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">You can\u00a0<strong>right click<\/strong> on <strong>public_html.zip<\/strong> it and click on <strong>download<\/strong>\u00a0to download the folder onto your PC<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33085667929\/original\/dLUWVQwk5ERMIXHSRWbANzqkDG_r88MlKg.png?1666087110\" width=\"405\" height=\"421\" data-id=\"33085667929\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Once downloading the Website content from file manager, you will need to download the Database from\u00a0<strong>phpMyAdmin<\/strong>\u00a0also.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\"><span dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong dir=\"ltr\">Step 8.<\/strong>\u00a0Click on\u00a0<strong>phpMyAdmin<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33090516301\/original\/WnwFEVuVdvrOH9t4Fu2ACcY3MISxET5LMQ.png?1674720193\" width=\"430\" height=\"276\" data-id=\"33090516301\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\"><span dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 9.<\/strong>\u00a0Click on the\u00a0<strong>Username\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33090516408\/original\/R10_zbeSF0KtwBi-9jORLpDE2O_Mzbdh0g.png?1674720338\" width=\"296\" height=\"348\" data-id=\"33090516408\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 10.<\/strong>\u00a0Click on\u00a0<strong>Export<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33090516456\/original\/N1GcZH6Ae1lFUz5uigFAZG1VjnxzPCzOUA.png?1674720418\" width=\"473\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"33090516456\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 11.<\/strong>\u00a0Then click on\u00a0<strong>Go<\/strong>\u00a0and the database will download<\/span><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33090516493\/original\/7rXzPgMejQCSs21piapodQKo9ve6RORo-Q.png?1674720505\" width=\"401\" height=\"376\" 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