Every superuser has a built-in Download / Backup centre at /admin/downloads/. It's the fastest way to get your data out of the admin without touching a terminal.
\r\nWhat It Gives You
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- One-click CSV exports of your orders, customers, products, coupons and settings — useful for spreadsheets, accounting, or just a quick look at your data outside the admin. \r\n
- A full-site backup zip — a complete database snapshot plus all of your uploaded media, in one download. \r\n
Every view in the centre is read-only, so using it can never accidentally change or delete anything in your shop.
\r\nSelf-Hosted: This Is Convenient, Not a Replacement for Scheduled Backups
\r\nIf you're self-hosted, the admin backup centre is a great way to grab a copy before you make a big change, but it's a manual, on-demand action — it won't help you if your server goes down and you never happened to click it that week. Pair it with the scheduled, server-side backup routine covered in the Maintenance Essentials Guide (a cron job running dumpdata and a media tar nightly, kept off-server). The admin centre is for convenience; the cron job is what actually protects you if something goes wrong.
\r\nManaged Hosting
\r\nYour hosting already includes scheduled backups behind the scenes, so the download centre here is purely for your own convenience — grabbing a CSV for your records, or a full zip before a big content change.
\r\nOne Thing the Backup Zip Does Not Include
\r\nYour ENCRYPTION_KEY is not stored in the database, so it is not part of this backup zip. Restoring a database without the matching key leaves your Stripe, SMTP and marketing credentials unreadable. See the Encryption Key doc for why this matters and how to avoid it.
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