How to Manually Backup A Minecraft Server

Last updated 30 Dec 2025

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1 Login to the Kinetic Panel

2 Head to the File Manager

3 In the top left of the file manager, you will see a check box. Click that & all of your files will be highlighted.

you can also select files manually if you only need specific files.

4 From there, you can click "Archive" and the panel will generate an Archived file of everything you have selected.

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If the server is quite large in file size, the Archiving process can take up to a few minutes to complete.

5 On the right hand side of that Archived file, you will see the three dots, click that & you an download your files.

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All set! That is how you make a manual backup of your server and download it.

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You can also use our Backup Manager to create a backup of your server.

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