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This short, silent video demonstrates the downloading of a backup file created by backwpup and testing that it’s a valid backup by inspecting the contents using 7-ZIP file manager.

Steps

• Login to website and navigate to the dashboard
• Choose BackWPup > Backups
• Select the most recent backup file to download
• Click on Download
• Choose the local folder for storing the backup
• Select Save to initiate the downloading
• Wait until the download is complete
• Open the backup. It should open in 7-ZIP file manager
• Explore the contents of the .tar.gz file; expand the .tar file – see that it contains your WordPress installation.
• This should be enough to confirm that the backup file can be used to recreate your website, in the state it was in when the backup was performed.

Pre-requisites

• backwpup installed on WordPress website
• backup previously run
• 7-ZIP file manager installed on PC and associated to .tag.gz file types