{"id":15819,"date":"2024-10-25T09:53:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T09:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=15819"},"modified":"2024-10-25T09:53:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T09:53:43","password":"","slug":"how-to-create-and-restore-backups-on-plesk","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/how-to-create-and-restore-backups-on-plesk\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create and Restore backups on Plesk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Creating backups and restoring them on Plesk is a seamless process that can be achieved by following the steps below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Performing the backup<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1. 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https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-541-300x60.png 300w, https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-541-768x155.png 768w, https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-541.png 1326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 4: Select the content to backup.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose  between Full backup or incremental <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click Ok and your backup will be created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-543-1024x498.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-543-1024x498.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-543-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-543-768x374.png 768w, https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-543.png 1342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Restoring the backup<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once a backup is done, it can be restored from Plesk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 5: Go to backup manager. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the backup you would like to restore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-544-1024x320.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-544-1024x320.png 1024w, 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