How to Upload Backups With File Manager in Hostinger

Uploading a backup via the file manager

Updated 2 weeks ago

If you have a backup of your website in a compressed archive such as .zip, .tar, .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, .tar.xz, .tar.lz4, or .tar.sz and it’s less than 100GB, you can easily upload it using the File Manager.

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In your Hostinger account, go to Websites, find the website in question, and click on Dashboard. Then, search for File Manager on the left sidebar, and click on it:

Hostinger panel File Manager option highlighted in the Files menu

Then, select the option to access files of the particular website:

Hostinger File Manager option to access files of domain.tld, highlighted

Open the public_html folder, and click on the upload icon in the top-right:

Hostinger file manager toolbar with the Upload button highlighted

Now, upload your backup file:

Hostinger File upload option highlighted in upload dialog

Once you do that, right-click on the uploaded backup file, and select Extract:

Hostinger File Manager context menu open on backup.zip, with Extract highlighted

Insert the name of the folder into which you want to unarchive the backup files, and click on Extract:

Hostinger File Manager extract dialog with the folder name field highlighted and Extract button selected

And that’s it:

Hostinger File Manager showing the public_html/website folder breadcrumb highlighted

Now you know how to upload a backup using the file manager 😊