DirectAdmin: Restore Website and Web Hosting Account

We will guide you through steps to restore your website or web hosting account using your website backup copies.

The restoration process will overwrite existing data that resides in your domain directory, email, FTP, and trash section. Please proceed with care.

Please click on the “Create / Restore Backups” icon.

On the "Site Backup" main configuration screen, please click the "RESTORE BACKUP" button.

On the "Restore Backup" screen, please select the backup copies from the dropdown list.

Next, please select the items you want to restore. The list is straightforward and self-elaborated. Please refer to the following for more information:

Website Data

Data that is stored in directories and sub-directories under your web hosting account including your primary domains and sub-domains.

E-mail

Email account data and settings (configurations). Main email data are email messages kept on the mail server under the web hosting account.

FTP

All FTP accounts information and settings including the FTP default primary path.

Database

All web application databases, including all database user accounts and settings that access the databases. It also covers database data too.

Please click the RESTORE button when you’re ready to proceed.

The restoration process will run in the background. DirectAdmin will notify you once it is complete.