Database Backup Utility¶

Control Panel Location: Developer Tools ‣ Utilities ‣ Backup Utility

This utility allows you to make simple SQL dump backups of your ExpressionEngine database. For file backups, or more robust and automated database backup options, please refer to Back-up your ExpressionEngine database and files.

When you click “Backup Database”, a SQL dump will be created and stored in your system/user/cache/ folder, named based on the date and time of the backup, e.g.: my_database_2017-10-20_09h20mPDT.sql