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? How to whitelist an IP address in CSF Firewall Requested content-length is larger than the configured limit of 1073741824 ( Apache 2.4.54 , 413 error code ) How to Clone a WordPress Website using WP Toolkit