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# Restoring your data using Dropmysite

> Restore your website, email, and database backups effortlessly with the Dropmysite plugin for cPanel.

This article describes how to use the Dropmysite cPanel plugin to restore the following items:

* Website backups.

* Database backups.

* E-mail backups.

<Note>
  For information about how to create these types of backups using Dropmysite, please see [this article](/docs/backing-up-data-with-dropmysite).
</Note>

## Website backups

To restore a Dropmysite website backup, follow these steps:

1. Log in to cPanel.
   > 📘 Note
   >
   > If you do not know how to log in to your cPanel account, please see [this article](/docs/accessing-cpanel).

2. On the **Tools** page, in the **Software** section, click **Dropmysite**:\
   ![cPanel - Software - Dropmysite icon](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-cpanel-jupiter-software-dropmysite-icon.png)

   The Dropmysite dashboard appears:\
   ![Dropmysite - Dashboard](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-dropmysite-dashboard.png)

3. Under **Websites**, locate the site backup you want to restore, and then click the **Restore Files** (![Dropmysite - Restore Files icon](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-dropmysite-restore-files-icon.png)) icon. The **Restore Files** page appears.

4. In the **Date** list box, select the date of the backup that you want to restore.

5. You can restore specific files, or all of the files in a backup:

   * To restore specific files, select the check box next to the file or files that you want to restore.
     > 👍 Tip
     >
     > You can click a folder name to open it and list the files and subdirectories it contains.

   * To restore all of the files in the backup, select the **Select All** check box.

6. Click the **Restore Files** (![Dropmysite - Restore Files icon](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-dropmysite-restore-files-icon.png)) icon.

7. On the **Create Restore** page, select the **By checking this box, I agree to replace any existing files selected with this restore** check box.

8. Click **Restore**. Dropmysite restores the selected file or files.

## Database backups

To restore a Dropmysite database backup, follow these steps:

1. Log in to cPanel.
   > 📘 Note
   >
   > If you do not know how to log in to your cPanel account, please see [this article](/docs/accessing-cpanel).

2. On the **Tools** page, in the **Software** section, click **Dropmysite**:\
   ![cPanel - Software - Dropmysite icon](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-cpanel-jupiter-software-dropmysite-icon.png)

   The Dropmysite dashboard appears:\
   ![Dropmysite - Dashboard](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-dropmysite-dashboard.png)

3. Under **Databases**, locate the database backup you want to restore, and then click the **Restore Database** (![Dropmysite - Restore Files icon](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-dropmysite-restore-files-icon.png)) icon. The **Database Restore** page appears.
   > 🚧 Important
   >
   > To restore a database successfully, it must already exist on your account. Additionally, there must be a database user associated with the database that has the same name as the one that originally created the backup. If the database or database user does not exist, you can [create them in cPanel](/docs/managing-mysql-databases) and then do the database restore.

4. In the **Backup date** list box, select the date of the backup that you want to restore.

5. Click **Restore**.

6. On the **Create Restore** page, select the **By checking this box, I agree to overwrite the existing database with this restore** check box.

7. Click **Restore**. Dropmysite restores the selected database.

## E-mail backups

To restore a Dropmysite e-mail backup, follow these steps:

1. Log in to cPanel.
   > 📘 Note
   >
   > If you do not know how to log in to your cPanel account, please see [this article](/docs/accessing-cpanel).

2. On the **Tools** page, in the **Software** section, click **Dropmysite**:\
   ![cPanel - Software - Dropmysite icon](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-cpanel-jupiter-software-dropmysite-icon.png)

   The Dropmysite dashboard appears:\
   ![Dropmysite - Dashboard](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-dropmysite-dashboard.png)

3. Under **Emails**, locate the e-mail backup you want to restore, and then click the **Restore Emails** (![Dropmysite - Restore Files icon](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-dropmysite-restore-files-icon.png)) icon. The **Restore Files** page appears.

4. In the **Date** list box, select the date of the backup that you want to restore.

5. You can restore specific files, or all of the files in a backup:

   * To restore specific files, select the check box next to the file or files that you want to restore.
     > 👍 Tip
     >
     > * You can click a folder name to open it and list the files and subdirectories it contains.
     >
     > * To restore a specific e-mail message, you must know which IMAP folder it is in (such as *cur*, *new*, or *tmp* ). For more information about IMAP directory structure, please visit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maildir](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maildir).

   * To restore all of the files in the backup, select the **Select All** check box.

6. Click the **Restore Files** (![Dropmysite - Restore Files icon](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-dropmysite-restore-files-icon.png)) icon.

7. On the **Create Restore** page, select the **By checking this box, I agree to replace any existing emails selected with this restore** check box.

8. Click **Restore**. Dropmysite restores the selected file or files.

## More information

For more information about Dropmysite, please visit [https://www.dropmysite.com](https://www.dropmysite.com).

## Related articles

* [Backing up data with Dropmysite](/docs/backing-up-data-with-dropmysite)

* [Maximizing Dropmysite backup storage space](/docs/maximizing-dropmysite-backup-storage-space)