Title: Backup MySQL database
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Backup MySQL database

 *  [Garacesh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/garacesh/)
 * (@garacesh)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-mysql-database/)
 * I’ve set up an automated job to backup the c:\inetpub\ directory which should
   keep any changes to themes, uploaded content etc backed up nightly to storage
   elsewhere on the domain. However I know SQL can be flaky with regard to simply
   copying-and-pasting a database.. Is there a ‘proper’ way to back it up?
 * WordPress 4.0, Windows Server 2012 R2

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 *  [chrishajer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrishajer/)
 * (@chrishajer)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-mysql-database/#post-5544610)
 * I would recommend using a backup plugin or service for WordPress. There are free
   ones and paid ones and recommendations on how to do this yourself. You can find
   more information here [http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups)

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