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Back up and recover your website

With TOWeb, your website is a folder on your computer: you back it up in one click, it backs itself up after every publication, and you can recover it from a backup on any Mac or PC. Here is how to protect yourself, and what to do if you have already lost your website.

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Updated on 9 November 2026.

How to back up your website with TOWeb

  • Manual backup: with your site open, go to Project › Backups › Back up now. The file contains the whole site, images included. Keep it on a USB stick or an external drive, protected by a password if you wish.
  • Automatic backup: after every successful publication, TOWeb backs up your site in its own data folder, outside the site folder, and keeps the last five.
  • Version history: TOWeb creates restore points when you open the site, before every publication and when you save. Click “Saved” at the top of the screen to go back to any of them.

The history protects you against a mistake; a backup kept elsewhere protects you against losing your computer. All the details: history and backups.

Recovering your website, depending on what you still have

You have a TOWeb 15 backup

In TOWeb, go to Sites › Restore a backup…, choose the file and where to place the site: it opens right away, exactly as it was. On a new computer, install TOWeb first; see also moving to a new computer.

You have an older TOWeb site, or its .wga backup

TOWeb 15 imports sites created with TOWeb 5 to 14, from their folder or from a .wga backup, without changing the original, and tells you what was carried over. Importing is free: import your site.

All you have left is the live website

With no folder and no backup, you still have the published site. As a trial in every edition, an AI assistant connected to TOWeb can read your live website and rebuild its pages, images and menu in TOWeb; you review and adjust, and publishing the rebuilt site comes with the Studio edition. Also ask your web host: many keep a copy of the published files.

Three habits so you never lose your website

  1. After every major change, make a manual backup and store it away from your computer.
  2. Publish regularly: every successful publication leaves an automatic backup.
  3. For a non-profit or a business, keep the backup in the organisation’s name, so that it survives a change of person in charge.

Frequently asked questions: backing up and recovering your website

How do I recover a website from an old backup?
With a TOWeb 15 backup: go to Sites › Restore a backup…, then choose where to place the site, which opens right away. With a .wga backup from an older TOWeb (5 to 14): import it into TOWeb 15, free of charge, without changing the original.
How do I back up my website?
In TOWeb, with your site open: go to Project › Backups › Back up now. The file contains the whole site, images included, and can be protected by a password. TOWeb also makes an automatic backup after every successful publication.
I have lost my computer: how do I recover my website?
Install TOWeb on the new computer, then restore your latest backup from Sites › Restore a backup… If you did not keep one elsewhere, an AI assistant connected to TOWeb can rebuild the site from its live version.
Where does TOWeb store automatic backups?
In its own data folder, outside the site folder, which keeps them safe if the site is deleted. TOWeb keeps the last five; you will find them under Project › Backups.
Can I go back to a previous version of the site?
Yes: click “Saved” at the top of the screen to open the version history, then “Restore” on the point you want. A restore point is created just before, so you can return to the current state.

A website that belongs to you, and that you can back up

Download TOWeb: your website remains a folder of your own, which you back up, copy and publish wherever you like.

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