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title: "Create & Restore Web Hosting Backups | FPS.ms"
description: "Back up your FPS.ms web hosting files, databases, and emails. Download backups, restore from previous versions, and manage storage."
url: https://fps.ms/docs/webhosting/backups-and-restoration
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# Backups & Restoration

Regular backups protect your website data against accidental changes, file corruption, or security incidents. FPS.ms web hosting lets you create, download, restore, and delete backups.

## Creating a backup

1. Go to the **Backups** section of your web hosting server
2. Click **Create Backup**
3. Choose what to include:
    - **Files** -- your website files and directories
    - **Databases** -- all MySQL databases on this service
    - **Emails** -- email account data
4. Click **Create**

Backup creation runs in the background and may take a few minutes depending on the size of your data.

!!! info "Backup Time"
    Large websites with many files or databases may take several minutes to back up. You can continue using your hosting service while the backup is being created.

## Downloading a backup

1. Go to the **Backups** section
2. Find the backup you want to download
3. Click **Download**

Backups are downloaded as `.tar.gz` archive files that you can extract on your local computer.

## Restoring from a backup

1. Go to the **Backups** section
2. Find the backup you want to restore
3. Click **Restore**
4. Choose what to restore (files, databases, emails)
5. Confirm the restoration

!!! danger "Overwrite Warning"
    Restoring a backup will overwrite your current files, databases, and/or emails with the backup's contents. This action cannot be undone. Create a new backup of your current state before restoring if you want to preserve it.

## Deleting old backups

1. Go to the **Backups** section
2. Find the backup you no longer need
3. Click **Delete** and confirm

Regularly cleaning up old backups helps free storage space on your hosting account.

!!! tip "Regular Backups"
    Make it a habit to create a backup before making major changes to your website, such as updating your CMS, changing themes, or modifying database structures.

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