How to Restore Accidentally Deleted Files in cPanel
However careful you are, mistakes happen. Sometimes surgeons remove the wrong kidney. Sometimes pilots fall asleep while flying a plane. Sometimes those files you thought you could delete... you needed!
One of the first rules in IT is that everything should always be backed up. Luckily for cPanel users, it often is.
If you've accidentally deleted a file or folder on your website and your web host uses cPanel, the chances are you can get it back.
If you're in that unfortunate situation, you've probably checked your local copy of the website, checked your recycle bin, checked the trash folder on the web server, checked your browser cache, checked down the sofa and probably everywhere else you can think of!
But you may not have been aware your site is probably backed up automatically by cPanel, daily, weekly and sometimes monthly too.
So to get back your files:
- Log in to cPanel.
- Find Files > Backups
- Choose the most recent backup where you know your file/folder still existed.
- Save the file, which will be a .tar.gz (don't let the filename put you off, this is just like a .zip file).
- Unzip the file (we like to use www.7-zip.org) and then unzip it again... and hopefully there will be your missing files!
Has this article helped you get back your files? Please let us know by leaving a comment below!
Comments:
Posted by
Raza Zaveri
on
Jul 23rd, 2011
Thanks a Million
Posted by
Tisha
on
Aug 26th, 2011
A mntiue saved is a minute earned, and this saved hours!
Posted by
Azubuike
on
Jun 28th, 2012
Very helpful to me.I accidentally deleted an expensive premium them I use on my site and by reading this article I was able to restore back the theme.
Thanks
Posted by
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May 5th, 2013
If you're in that unfortunate situation, you've probably checked your local copy of the website'checked your browser cache, checked down the sofa and probably everywhere else you can think of!
Posted by
Anju
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May 6th, 2013
I dont know how to thank you it was really helpful to me. Thanks a looot......
Posted by
pratik patil
on
Mar 6th, 2014
i didnt get my deleted file by above way..plz tell me if there is another way to recover deleted file...
Posted by
george
on
Mar 17th, 2014
you saved me a lot of trouble dude thanks ;-)
Posted by
Anil Prajapati
on
Sep 5th, 2014
Hi, I have different situation of replacing my file. I copied a file from another location to one of the folder where there exist a file with same file name. So I copied the file to that location, thus my old file which has same name is now replaced with new file. Please help me, how can i recover that old file. I did this from cpanel with copy feature in it. Please please.
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Feb 14th, 2015
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Jun 5th, 2019
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Jun 5th, 2019
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