# Reinstalling Backup **URL:** https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/reinstalling-backup/63680 **Category:** Hosting Support **Created:** [July 9, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/reinstalling-backup/63680 "2022-07-09T12:27:32Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![Greenreader9](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/greenreader9/32/22847_2.png) [@Greenreader9](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Greenreader9) #### Post date: [July 9, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/reinstalling-backup/63680/2 "2022-07-09T12:41:56Z")
> [@How to backup your website](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-backup-your-website/49304): > > Good website administration requires making backups of your account regularly and storing them somewhere safe yourself. You also need to download backups in order to migrate website to other hosting accounts. InfinityFree does not create or store any backups of free hosting accounts. It’s your responsibility to regularly create backups, and to store them somewhere safely. Backup your website files The best way to backup your website files is by downloading them using a desktop FTP client. Op… Do the above at your old host then import it here. Also, I don’t recommend the use of backup plugins here, as they can sometimes push you over the limits and get your account suspended for 24 hours. As long as you take a database backup every week or so, and a FTP backup after core updates, you should be fine. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/reinstalling-backup/63680)._