How to restore Subscription or Domain contents from a Plesk backup?

Daniel Yordanov

Updated February 21, 2025 14:06

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Question

How to restore Subscription or Domain contents from a Plesk backup?

Can I restore data for a single website only from a Subscription Plesk backup?

Answer

Note: If the Subscription was removed or has not been created yet, you should restore it via a server-wide Plesk backup by logging into Plesk as the Administrator and going to Tools & Settings > Backup Manager

Restoring Subscription content from a Subscription Plesk backup

Log in to Plesk.
Go to Subscriptions > example.com > Backup Manager and click on a required backup from the list. The backups of the subscription created during full server backup will be displayed here as well.
Click All objects and then Restore.

Note: If the Domain was removed or has not been created yet, you should restore it via a server-wide Plesk backup by logging into Plesk as the Administrator and going to Tools & Settings > Backup Manager

Restoring Domain content from a Subscription Plesk backup

Log in to Plesk.
Go to Subscriptions > example.com > Backup Manager and click on a required backup from the list. The backups of the subscription created during full server backup will be displayed here as well:
Select Type of objects to restore: Sites and click on a domain (or several domains) that needs to be restored. Click Restore.

Alternatively, select Type of object to restore: Files of domains option and select the 'httpdocs' folder to restore domain's content. Also it is possible to restore only specific files by selecting them.