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PrestaShop 1.6.x. How to restore a website from full backup

Kate Daniels April 20, 2015
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This tutorial will show you how to restore your Prestashop site from a full backup.

PrestaShop 1.6.x. How to restore a website from full backup

It consists of 2 steps: restoring files and database .

  1. Log into your hosting account and navigate to File manager:

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  2. Click Select all files and then Delete button:

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  3. Click Upload button, and upload the .zip file that you have backed up before. Then extract zip file to your root installation folder:

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The files are restored now. Next steps is to restore your database.

  1. Navigate to phpMyadmin – your database management tool:

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  2. Choose your database, select all tables and click Drop tables:

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  3. Click Import tab, browse your database backup in .sql format. Then click Go to start importing:

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  4. Refresh your website to see that it is fully restored from a backup.

Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:

PrestaShop 1.6.x. How to restore a website from full backup

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