---
title: "Restoring Your Cloud VPS From a Backup"
source: "https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/hosting-services/cloud-vps/cloud-vps-backups/restoring-your-cloud-vps-from-a-backup/"
description: "Restore your server from a backup to recover lost data and functionality, reverting to a previous stable state."
vertical: "Hosting"
date: "2024-03-04"
last_modified: "2026-08-04"
---

# Restoring Your Cloud VPS From a Backup

You’ve learned about the importance of backups and how to[ Create a Backup ](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/hosting-services/cloud-vps/cloud-vps-backups/creating-a-backup-of-your-cloud-vps/) of your Cloud server, next see how to restore from a backup. Restoring your [VPS cloud server](https://www.liquidweb.com/vps-hosting/cloud-vps/) from a backup will preserve data and functionality from the date you choose.

[Restore using Acronis Backups](#Acronis)  
[Restore using Cloud Backups (Liquid Web Backups)](#cloud)

| ### **Warning:** |
|---|
| Restoring from a backup or an image you created is different than restoring from a pre-made image provided by Liquid Web. Restoring from a pre-made image provided by Liquid Web will clear all the data and start your server from scratch with no information saved. If you feel you need to re-image your server, see our article on [Restoring a Cloud VPS from an Image](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/hosting-services/cloud-vps/restoring-a-cloud-vps-from-an-image/). |

## Using Acronis Backups

1. In your [Liquid Web account](https://portal.nexcess.com/), click on **My Servers**, then select the server you want to create the backup for by clicking on the server name. This will open your server details page.  
    ![](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/my-servers-link-highlighted.png)
2. To use Acronis Backups as your Cloud VPS backup solution, you may need to switch from Cloud Backups to Acronis Backups. For help in switching to Acronis Backups, see [Acronis Backups for Cloud VPS](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/hosting-services/acronis-cyber-backups/acronis-backups-for-cloud-vps/).
3. On the server details page, click the **Backups & Images tab.** ![](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/backups-and-images-tab-1.png)
4. Click Go to Acronis to launch the Acronis Backup Portal.  
    ![](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/go-to-acronis-link.png)
5. Find the server for which you want to recover files/folders in the Acronis Backup Portal. For help accessing your Acronis Backups, see [Accessing Acronis Backups.](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/hosting-services/acronis-cyber-backups/accessing-acronis-backups/)
6. Click **Recover**.

![recover link highlighted](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/help.liquidweb.com_dFD7Er.png)

6. Select the backup location if you have more than one in use.

![backup location options](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/help.liquidweb.com_NtYFLX.png)

7. Select the **date/time** of the backup from which you wish to recover files and click Recover Files/Folders.

![backup timestamps](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/help.liquidweb.com_ZN3B71.png)

8. Select the files/folders/volumes/entire machine that you want to recover.

![select files for recovery screen](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/help.liquidweb.com_gLvoss.png)

9. Click **Recover** to begin restoring the files to their original location. If the selected files are less than 100 MB, you can also choose to download the files to your local workstation.

![recovery and download links highlighted](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/help.liquidweb.com_Sqd4Q3.png)

 

## Using Cloud Backups (Liquid Web Backups)

1. In your [Liquid Web account](https://portal.nexcess.com/), click on **My Servers**, then select the server you want to create the backup for by clicking on the server name. This will open your server dashboard page.

![](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/my-servers-link-highlighted.png)2. On the server details page, click the **Backups & Images tab.**   
    ![](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/backups-and-images-tab-1.png)
3. The Backups and Images page displays your backup settings, most recent backups, and links to modify your backup settings or create images (for more information on VPS Images, see [Creating a Cloud VPS Image](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/hosting-services/cloud-vps/creating-a-cloud-vps-image/)). Scroll down for a listing of all the backups that are currently saved for the server.  
    ![](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/backup-block.png)
4. To restore your server from a backup, select the backup your wish to restore and click the **Restore** icon to begin.  
    ![](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/restore-icon.png)

5. In the Slide out panel, you’ll see details describing the current backup, including date, time, and size of the backup.
6. At the bottom of the panel is a warning that all data will be overwritten. Click on the **checkbox to Confirm and acknowledge** this data loss.   
    ![](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/restore-warning.png)
7. Finally, click **Restore** to restore to your from this backup.