Back up, restore and prepare for disaster recovery
If bad things happen to your website, a saved backup file can restore your site to the way it was. You create a backup by regularly saving your website to a safe location, either manually or by setting up a backup service. Without a backup, you have to rebuild any file that you lose. If you lose database information, you may not be able to rebuild it.
But what if there's malware on the site? It can infect your website files and do nothing for a while. During that time, the malware is saved as part of your backups. Restoring your site with an infected backup puts the malware back onto your server. A disaster recovery service like GoDaddy's Website Security will remove the malware, restore your files and get your site back up and running for you.
How do I back up my site?
Do you prefer to back up the site on your own, or purchase a service to take care of it for you? Some products include backup files already:
Back up files on my own
- Email: The backups you need can depend on regulatory and compliance requirements for your type of business. See Back up my email messages and contacts data to find the backup option that's best for you. If you aren't sure, contact our Guides.
- Websites + Marketing: Your site is automatically backed up when major changes occur, such as changing your theme, publishing your site or deleting a section. You can also do your own back up and restore.
- Managed Hosting for WordPress: We include daily backups of your files for the last 30 days, and you can manually restore some or all of the files for your WordPress site.
- GoDaddy Web Hosting: We include daily backups of your files that you can manually restore if necessary. You can also purchase up to 30 days of backups with GoDaddy's Website Backup.
- Other hosting products: Creating a backup depends on your hosting platform. See What is a website backup? for specifics.
Subscribe to a backup service
- Websites + Marketing: Websites + Marketing includes automatic backup when major changes occur, such as changing your theme, publishing your site or deleting a section.
- Managed Hosting for WordPress: Managed Hosting for WordPress includes daily backups of your files for the last 30 days, and you can manually restore some or all of the files for your WordPress site. If you need more control over these backups, GoDaddy's Website Backup service has more options.
- Hosting: GoDaddy's Website Backup service can take care of backing up your site and hosting files.
Can you help me recover from a disaster?
Yes! Some of our products already include disaster recovery. For other products, you can subscribe to GoDaddy's Website Security to protect and restore your site if disaster strikes.
- Websites + Marketing: We take care of this and fix any issues that happen with the servers that host your site.
- Managed Hosting for WordPress: We manage your WordPress server and will handle any recovery that is needed.
- Other Hosting: Website Security will help you remove malware from your hosting and recover your site after an attack.