To perform full backup in CPanel Hosting, just follow the steps below:-

  1. Login into your CPanel with the username and password
  2. Click on Backupcpanel backup, backup website cpanel, cpanel hosting backup
  3. Click on Generate / Download a Full Backup
  4. Select Home Directory in Backup Destination and enter your email address. others just leave blank and click Generate Backup
  5. Done! You just perform a full backup in CPanel. You will received a notification email once the backup is done.
  6. Once the backup is ready, you can FTP into your Account to download the backup file. CPanel locate your backup file in your root directory (/home/username/) and CPanel backup filename normally look like this:-
    backup-mm.dd.yyyy_hh-mm-ss_username.tar.gz