Download Backups
Learn how to download your GitHub repository backups from Cloudback to your local machine, including handling password-protected archives.
Cloudback allows you to download backups of your repositories to your local machine. This page will guide you through the process of downloading backups of your repositories.
Downloading a Backup
There are two ways to download a backup of your repository:
From the repository details page.
From the repository card on the dashboard.
1. From the repository details page.
Open Cloudback Dashboard and navigate to the repository details page for the repository you want to download a backup for. Open the Backups
tab, locate the backup you want to download and click the Download
icon to start the download:

2. From the repository card on the dashboard.
On the Cloudback Dashboard, you can use the repository cards to download backups. Locate the repository card for the repository you want to download a backup for, and click the Download
icon to start the download:

Backup Download Dialog
After clicking the Download
icon, a dialog will appear with the download link for the backup. Click the Download
button to start the download:

Password-Protected Archives
If the backup is password-protected, you will receive an email with the password to unlock the archive. Enter the password when prompted to extract the contents of the archive.

What if the backup archive file is deleted?
There are a few situations when we could not download a backup archive:
The archive file has been removed from the storage
The archive file has been moved to another location
The storage is not available or is not accessible
In any of these cases, you will get the File not found
notification:

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