{"id":3234,"date":"2025-07-15T20:39:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T15:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nettigritty.com\/kb\/?p=3234"},"modified":"2025-07-15T20:39:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T15:09:13","slug":"simple-guide-how-to-restore-a-website-and-database-using-jetbackup-in-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nettigritty.com\/kb\/cpanel\/simple-guide-how-to-restore-a-website-and-database-using-jetbackup-in-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Guide: How to restore a website and database using JetBackup in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"

To restore a website and database using JetBackup in cPanel, follow these simple steps:<\/p>\n

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Website Files Restore (Home Directory)<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  1. Login to cPanel<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  2. Scroll down and click on “JetBackup 5”<\/strong> or “JetBackup”.<\/li>\n
  3. Click on “File Backups”<\/strong> or “Home Directory”<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  4. Choose a backup date you want to restore from.<\/li>\n
  5. Click the “Restore”<\/strong> or “Restore Files”<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n
  6. Confirm the restore when prompted.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Database Restore<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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    1. In JetBackup, go back to the main menu.<\/li>\n
    2. Click on “Database Backups”<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    3. Find the database you want to restore.<\/li>\n
    4. Choose the date you want to restore from.<\/li>\n
    5. Click “Restore”<\/strong>, then confirm.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      \n

      Notes:<\/h3>\n
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      • Restoring the Home Directory<\/strong> will bring back website files (HTML, PHP, WordPress files, etc.).<\/li>\n
      • Restoring the Database<\/strong> brings back the site content\/settings if it’s a CMS like WordPress.<\/li>\n
      • If unsure which database belongs to your site<\/strong>, check the website’s configuration file (like wp-config.php<\/code> for WordPress).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
        \n

        This process typically takes a few minutes. Once both are restored, your website should be back as it was on the selected backup date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        To restore a website and database using JetBackup in cPanel, follow these simple steps: Website Files Restore (Home Directory) Login to cPanel. Scroll down and click on “JetBackup 5” or “JetBackup”. Click on “File Backups” or “Home Directory”. Choose a backup date you want to restore from. Click the “Restore” or “Restore Files” button. Confirm […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,104],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cpanel","category-jetbackup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nettigritty.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nettigritty.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nettigritty.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nettigritty.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nettigritty.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nettigritty.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3235,"href":"https:\/\/www.nettigritty.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3234\/revisions\/3235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nettigritty.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nettigritty.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nettigritty.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}