Will restoring a backup remove or overwrite any files that already exist in an account? Justin Dover September 28, 2020 06:03 Updated Question Will restoring a backup remove or overwrite any files that already exist in an account? Answer Force restoring over an account will not delete non-matching items, and will only overwrite those that exist within the backup. Related articles Customize the sender of cPanel notification emails Why do I have more backups than I set in my backup retention settings? AutoSSL orders are stuck in pending status with recent HTTP DCV changes DST Root CA X3 Expiration and Let's Encrypt Difference in database size in cPanel and phpMyAdmin