cPanel Backup creates a zipped copy of your entire website or a part of your website. There are two types of Backup in your cPanel Backups.
Full Backup
Full Backup creates a zipped copy of your entire website and cPanel account. It includes all the files you own or you have access to. It also includes all the databases, email accounts, email lists, subdomain, etc.
Full Backups cannot be restored through cPanel interface. It is only used when you are transferring your current host to the new host. You need to upload this zipped backup into your home directory and ask your hosting provider to restore it.
To download your full website backup, please follow these steps:
Step 1 − Open cPanel Backup by clicking Backup from the Files section in cPanel Home.
Step 2 − Click on the Big Blue button on which Download a Full Website Backup is written and you will be taken to this screen.
Step 3 − Select Backup destination, leave it as home directory. This will create a backup in your home directory, from where you can download it later. Enter the email address, where you want to receive a notification, when full backup of your website is ready to be downloaded. As full website backup takes time to generate.
Step 4 − Click Generate Backup and you will see a success message of Backup in Progress.
Partial Backups
To use this feature, open your Backup section using the same method used above in Step 1, scroll down and you will see a similar interface shown here, interface will vary according to your domain and data.
You can click Home Directory button to download your home directory backup. To restore your home directory, you can upload the same file in the right hand side interface on which Restore a Home Directory Backup is written.
You can do the same with Databases, Email Forwarders and Email Filters.