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title: How to manually Transfer and Restore a Cpanel account using Jetbackup
description: "This guide will go over how to manually Transfer and restore a cPanel account from Jetbackup. Access your backup destination and download the backup snap folder to your cPanel server **/path/to/backup_folder/jetbackup_1_1_{UNIQE_JOB_ID}/{USERNAME}/snap.2020-07-15.031006** Nb: **\"snap\"** folders are the actual backups and the backup date…"
url: "https://truehost.com/support/knowledge-base/how-to-manually-transfer-and-restore-a-cpanel-account-using-jetbackup/"
updated: "2024-09-16"
category: Cpanel
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# How to manually Transfer and Restore a Cpanel account using Jetbackup

This guide will go over how to manually Transfer and restore a cPanel account from Jetbackup.

Access your backup destination and download the backup snap folder to your cPanel server

**/path/to/backup_folder/jetbackup_1_1_{UNIQE_JOB_ID}/{USERNAME}/snap.2020-07-15.031006**

Nb: **"snap"** folders are the actual backups and the backup date is indicated at the folder name.

To make sure you are in the right folder, verify that it contains the folders "homedir" & "MySQL".

Create a tar archive file of your backup content and make sure to adjust the filename with the correct "USERNAME".

**tar -czvf ~/cpmove-{USERNAME}.tar.gz .**

Copy or scp  the tar file to your cPanel server home directory or your remote server then navigate to the home folder.

**cd /home**

Restore the backup using cPanel's script.

**/scripts/restorepkg cpmove-{USERNAME}.tar.gz**

All done!