Backing up is important, and you should do it regularly. Follow this tutorial to make a full backup of your website with Plesk.

How to generate a backup of your Plesk account

  1. Log in to your Plesk account.
  2. Go to Websites & Domains > click the Pull icon > choose Backup & Restore.

    Opening Backup & Restore in Plesk

  3. Under Backup Manager, click Back Up.

    Generating a backup in Backup Manager

  4. Choose Full as the backup type and FTP(s) in the Store in option.

    Choosing Full as the backup type

  5. If you wish to receive a notification on backup completion, check the When a backup task is completed, send a notification email to option.

    Enabling the backup completion notification email

  6. Confirm with OK. The backup will start generating in the background. At this point, you can navigate away.

How to download a backup of your Plesk account

  1. Go to Websites & Domains > click the Pull icon > choose Backup & Restore.
  2. From the backup list, click the download icon.

    Download icon in the backup list

  3. If you want to password-protect the backup file, check Use password protection and enter a password. Then confirm with OK.

    Setting password protection for the backup

  4. A download will prompt you. Save the backup to your computer.

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